_haha_oh_wow_M to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 days agoStolen e-bike batteries could soon be worthless, if only Bosch were less greedywww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down10
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkStolen e-bike batteries could soon be worthless, if only Bosch were less greedywww.theverge.com_haha_oh_wow_M to micromobility - Ebikes, scooters, longboards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-square@sevonlinkEnglish17•3 days agoI just hope it doesn’t turn into this: … a new digital Battery Lock function this summer that would make stolen batteries worthless to thieves looking to make a quick buck.
minus-square@deranger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish9•3 days agoStolen batteries immediately short out turning them into a lithium bomb.
minus-square@SoftTeeth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•3 days agoAnd when you buy a scooter from Craigslist and it blows your legs off you can bet your ass SCOTUS will protect the manufacturers of the RDM battery bombs.
I just hope it doesn’t turn into this:
Stolen batteries immediately short out turning them into a lithium bomb.
And when you buy a scooter from Craigslist and it blows your legs off you can bet your ass SCOTUS will protect the manufacturers of the RDM battery bombs.