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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Call for e-bike and e-scooter restrictions, EV training

Emergency services, insurers and experts will weigh in on the safety of battery-powered vehicles. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

It's not cars but scooters and bicycles that have become the risky electric vehicles on Australian roads, a NSW parliamentary inquiry has been told, with calls for urgent reforms to stop lives and homes being put at risk.

Fire and battery experts warned of the dangers at the NSW Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Batteries Inquiry on Tuesday, with suggestions including battery inspections, import restrictions, and prosecutions for sellers making false claims.

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