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We have had lithium ion batteries for 30 odd years. Why are we trying to govern something which has no proven risk above generic noise level now?
You seem to be taking the POV that I am against you because I’m stating facts. Here’s a fact – I own and use an e-scooter and I live in an apartment.
Regarding your point about how long we’ve had L-ion batteries, it’s only recently that we’ve had batteries big enough to propel humans at considerable speed and in the current numbers in our homes. It’s also only recently that people have died in fires caused by L-ion batteries. Nobody as far as I know has been killed by an exploding Sony Walkman.
Conspiracy theories about who is behind this and why help no one.
Fact 1: L-ion batteries, when they are misused, damaged or mishandled, can cause fires.
Fact 2: The fires caused by Li-ion batteries are different because the chemical reaction releases oxygen which sustains and increases the ferocity of the fires, which often also involve explosions. Apartment block water sprinklers will make little or no difference – they can literally burn under water.
Fact 3: People have died in fires caused by L-ion batteries.
Fact 4: There are many more of these large batteries in our homes than there ever have been and there is no control over where they come from, how safe they are and how they are handled.
OPINION: If we can’t address and consider the facts, we should expect the other side of the argument to do so either.
By the way, I’d love to get a link to one of the many cases you referred to where people have been allowed to store things in their car space when their by-laws say they can’t. I’ve never heard of this but I don’t know everything.