Self-balancing scooters that do not meet these voluntary safety standards pose an unreasonable risk of fire to consumers,” the CPSC wrote in a notice first reported by Mashable. “Consumers risk serious injury or death if their self- balancing scooters ignite and burn.”
The CPSC said products that do not meet the safety rules will be considered “defective” and could be confiscated, and violators of the new guidelines could be subject to civil and criminal penalties.
The federal regulator issued the hoverboard notice following a months-long investigation involving “reports, from consumers in 24 states, of 52 self-balancing scooter fires resulting in over $2 million in property damage, including the destruction of two homes and an automobile.”
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