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E-bike Companies Are Fighting To Be Exempted From Right-To-Repair Laws

11 Aug 2023 | Abstracted from Fast Company

"The industry claims it's a matter of safety, and that people without the proper training should not attempt to repair e-bikes - especially not the batteries...manufacturers want to see dead and broken batteries recycled

[Righ-to-repair] "advocates worry that safe battery handling is being used to distract from another problem they say right-to-repair would help solve: Cheap, hard-to-repair e-bikes are flooding into cities..."

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