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@Mr Purple
And yes, if you want to import and sell 5kW e-scooters with high-powered lithium batteries with no battery management that can't legally be ridden anywhere except private property and will probably explode when charged that's absolutely fine.
Hang on.
A
5kW e-scooter!?
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That would be frighteningly powerful. Even a 1,400w scooter is very powerful. Where did that number come from??
I can assure you lithium batteries in e-scooters do have a management system. The problem is with
quality.
There are bad (e-scooter) seeds in the market, true, but reputable retailers steer clear of these. The problem with my first scooter was the parlous, absolutely poor assembly quality of the wiring electronics. That was a MEARTH GTS scooter that caught fire at 15km/h in February 2022. Once the top plate was removed, police and the fire investigator noticed the most amateurish, poorest quality electronic assembly, and this is for a product made in Sydney, with the quality of parts well below par. The controller checked out (not at fault, but these usually are ground-zero for strife), but connections from that to the battery and especially distribution wiring, was something you would more likely see in a third world country - - connections were taped together and corroded; only four joints were soldered.
The lithium battery caught fire (scorching the railings of the bridge I was crossing) because four wires contacted the chassis and shorted the battery. The resulting conflagration was something to behold.
Police in Victoria are actively confiscating and impounding over-powered e-scooters. They are hauled off on tilt-trays. Good-o.
The current Victorian e-scooter trial is bedevilled with major failings in environment, regulation and enforcement. Other than occasional stormy scenes of e-scooters being hauled aside for questioning by roaming police, I don't see this mess changing one jot until the Government makes up its mind just what it wants to do with e-scooters as a useful, economic and integrated transport option. Separate infrastructure to avoid profound conflict with cyclists and pedestrians is a priority I have run past Melbourne City Council, but their hands are tied waiting for a decision from higher up!
Meanwhile, life and lawlessness goes on.
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