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eBay's banning private e-bike sales - but how well will it police its "eligible business sellers"?

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Rebecca Morley

Rebecca has been in cycling journalism since 2018. She started out at trade title BikeBiz and still contributes features to its monthly magazine, and was also named one of Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling 2019.

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1 month 2 weeks ago

rct - as you mentioned ISO 15194 was updated with A1:2023, the update mandates the bettery testing you listed within ISO 15194.

1 month 2 weeks ago

The UK has withdrawn EN ISO 15194:2017 from its list of designated standards as it doesn't cover extreme temperatures or vibration, and is not deemed to  adequately address the hazards to comply with the Supply of Machinery Regulations 2008.  As a note the EU has just harmonised the latest version of the standard under the machinery directive, but batteries must comply with EN 50604-1:2016 and EN 50604-1:2016/A1:2021.

1 month 2 weeks ago

"This legislation must also be used to prevent battery fires by introducing mandatory third-party certification for e-bikes, e-scooters and their batteries to stop poor quality products entering the market" - ESF

Let's hear it one more time - EN ISO 15194:2017 + A1:2023, the EPAC test standard the whole bike industry is or should be using, does this already. Great huh? 
So why doesn't ESF seem to understand this? All anyone wanting to ensure a product is safe needs to do is ensure the ISO testing was done in full by an accredited tester i.e. the reference to these tests which will be in the CE marking declaration is valid. 

While I'm here, why isn't this aspect beng covered in reporting here on this topic? Maybe it'd be good to get ESF's reason for wanting more than EN ISO 15194 testing to be put in place. 

1 month 2 weeks ago

Jeez.  This goes too far.  Why isnt this getting bigger publicity?  Why cant I sell my legitimate first tier manufacturer eMTB on eBay?