PeopleForBikes, the bicycle industry’s leading trade association, has asked the Consumer Product Safety Commission to give electric dirt bikes that reach 50 to 60 mph their own federal definition.

An E-bike is a bicycle with two or three wheels, a saddle, fully operative pedals for human propulsion, and an electric motor. The electric motor may not have a power source output more than 750 watts ...

Fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries—which are used to power electric bicycles—have proven to be violent, fast-moving and tough to extinguish. So far this year, the FDNY says 66 fires have been ...