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CTOnews.com, June 26-New York City officials announced yesterday that they will receive an emergency grant of $25 million (CTOnews.com Note: about 180 million yuan) from the federal government to build hundreds of charging stations throughout the city after a series of fires caused by electric bicycle batteries, the Associated Press reported.

▲ Touyuan Pexels New York Mayor Adams hopes the charging stations will provide a safer way to charge lithium batteries for e-bikes, especially for delivery workers who rely on e-bikes for efficient distribution.

"this means that residents will no longer need to recharge their e-bikes in their apartments-we find this extremely dangerous, especially if you recharge all night," Adams said at a news conference yesterday. "

Recently, a fire caused by a lithium battery fire at an electric bicycle shop in Chinatown, Manhattan, caused a fire and smoke spread to an apartment above the store, killing four people and injuring three others, including a firefighter involved in fighting the fire at the scene.

After the incident, New York City officials sought public participation to help crack down on unsafe e-bike shops, and fire officials have issued at least 10 subpoenas to mishandled stores. Under the new guidelines, fire officials are required to respond to complaints about electric bicycle batteries within 12 hours, up from three days before.

So far this year, there have been more than 100 fires related to the explosion of electric bicycle batteries in New York, killing 13 people, more than twice as many as last year.

Adams announced in March that New York was working to build electric bicycle charging stations, and the emergency funding is expected to go to 170 charging stations in about 50 locations.

Beijing has also recently revised the group standard for lithium batteries for electric bicycles, requiring vehicles or batteries to sound an alarm within 30 seconds when the internal temperature of the battery pack or the temperature of a battery reaches 80 ℃, CTOnews.com reported earlier.

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