(KRON) — Amazon said it will no longer sell e-bikes in California that exceed state speed limits, according to Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer. The decision comes after California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a consumer alert last month.
According to Spitzer, there have been more than 100 deaths across the United States from e-bike and e-motorcycle crashes. Injuries related to e-bikes and e-motos have spiked 430% in Southern California over the past four years.
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In Bonta’s consumer alert, the AG laid out guidelines stipulating that pedal-assisted e-bikes cannot exceed 28 miles per hour and that throttle-assisted e-bikes be limited to 20 miles per hour. E-bikes that exceed these speeds would be classified instead as motorcycles or mopeds, requiring additional licensing and age restrictions.
In the Bay Area, an 11-year-old boy has been named in a wrongful death lawsuit after an e-bike crash in March led to a series of events resulting in the death of Ayden Fang, a 4-year-old boy who was struck and killed in Burlingame back in March…