Battery danger: Read this if you have an e-bike or e-scooter

Here's a fuller write-up of Sofia Duarte's inquest, including an account of why the coroner didn't produce a Prevention of Future Deaths report. Frankly, I think his reasoning is wrong here.

However, he felt unable to write a prevention of future death report, as there wasn't enough evidence as to why the fire started from the e-bike. Ms Simoes then brought up a second reason for the report, saying there should be more rules around where the bikes are stored.

She said deaths could be prevented if bikes were not allowed to be stored in the only exit to a building - which is what happened to Sofia. Ms Simoes said: "If the bike was not at the entrance, Sofia could have been saved." She added: "We couldn’t prevent Sofia’s death, but we will do everything in our power to prevent others’."

https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/adventurous-woman-21-died-horrific-28707263

It is abundantly clear that the fire started because of a fault with the e-bike, that there are multiple ways such a charging process can fail ...

The battery pack had been consumed by fire, Mr Elliott told the court, and a large part of the bike had been destroyed in the explosion. But this meant it was impossible to tell exactly why the battery pack failed - there were several possible causes, including the bike being overcharged, charging too quickly, or a possible fault with the battery itself.

... and I really don't think it matters exactly how or why it failed. There have been so many fires like this.