NBDA Statement to Retailers and Industry on UL 2849 E-Bike Certification

The National Bicycle Dealers Association (NBDA) is working diligently to educate retailers, and the industry at large, about the growing safety problem that has been created by the surge in consumer purchases of electric bicycles (e-bikes) and scooters that utilize Lithium-Ion Batteries as the power source for electric propulsion systems. The NBDA advises all retailers to push on their vendors and suppliers to conform with testing standards to ensure the industry has safe products in the market with this statement:

“In the interest of public safety all NBDA dealerships should require e-bikes or e-bike systems installed on e-bikes certified to UL 2849 from your vendors. Certified to UL 2849 (or in other words Listed to UL 2849)” means e-bike system is certified to UL 2849 and this certification could be achieved by using paid services from UL, Intertek, SGS or any other NRTL (Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory) who is accredited to perform certification activities to be able to certify to the UL 2849 safety standard.”

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