Evercross EV5 hoverboards are a fire risk — stop using them, feds say

Product information regulators are urging Evercross EV5 hoverboard users to find different ride, pronto.

The merchandise is simply a occurrence hazard and led to a blaze that caused important spot harm to a residential gathering successful New York City successful May of 2023, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced Thursday. 

Made successful China by Jinhua Smart Electric Technology Co., the hoverboards travel successful black, bluish oregon pink, with Evercross printed connected the front. They merchantability online for betwixt $180 and $300 connected Amazon.com, eBay.com, Likesporting.com, Lowes.com, Newegg.com, Ridefaboard.com and Walmart.com, according to the CPSC.

U.S. regulators said connected March 7, 2024, that the Evercross EV5 hoverboard, from China's Jinhua Smart Electric Technology Co., is simply a occurrence hazard and that consumers should instantly halt utilizing the product.  Consumer Product Safety Commission

Owners of the hoverboards should instantly region the artillery battalion and instrumentality it to a artillery recycler oregon hazardous discarded postulation center. "Never propulsion lithium batteries into the trash oregon wide recycling," the bureau warned.

Jinhua has not agreed to a callback oregon to connection a remedy for customers, according to the CPSC.

Fires are a important hazard crossed each battery-powered hoverboards, bikes and scooters, with the bureau alert of 19 deaths associated with fires caused by alleged micromobility products from January 1, 2021, done November 28, 2022, the bureau said last fall.