{"id":193834,"date":"2026-09-14T12:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=193834"},"modified":"2026-09-14T11:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T09:02:22","slug":"e-bike-fires-are-rising-and-battery-quality-may-be-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/2026\/09\/14\/e-bike-fires-are-rising-and-battery-quality-may-be-to-blame\/","title":{"rendered":"Les incendies li\u00e9s aux v\u00e9los \u00e9lectriques sont en hausse, et la qualit\u00e9 des batteries pourrait en \u00eatre la cause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Il est urgent de mener des recherches sur la qualit\u00e9 des batteries de v\u00e9lo et sur les causes des incendies qui les concernent. C'est l'avis de Tim Renders, expert en pr\u00e9vention des incendies.<\/p>\n<p>Selon Renders, le nombre d'incendies de v\u00e9los \u00e9lectriques signal\u00e9s en Flandre et aux Pays-Bas est pass\u00e9 de 38 en 2021 \u00e0 102 en 2023, puis \u00e0 104 en 2024. Depuis le d\u00e9but de l'ann\u00e9e, ce chiffre s'\u00e9l\u00e8ve d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e0 65.<\/p>\n<p>Il est frappant de constater que les v\u00e9los \u00e9lectriques prennent souvent feu, m\u00eame lorsqu'ils ne sont pas branch\u00e9s sur un chargeur.<\/p>\n<h4>Apr\u00e8s une chute, une batterie peut prendre feu plusieurs semaines, voire plusieurs mois plus tard<\/h4>\n<p>M. Renders souligne \u00e9galement que le chiffre r\u00e9el est sans aucun doute plus \u00e9lev\u00e9, car de nombreux incidents ne font pas l'objet d'une couverture m\u00e9diatique ou ne sont pas tous consign\u00e9s dans les statistiques sur la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 incendie.<\/p>\n<p>Par ailleurs, il met en garde, dans le journal *Het Laatste Nieuws*, contre l\u2019id\u00e9e fausse et dangereuse selon laquelle le risque d\u2019incendie li\u00e9 aux v\u00e9los \u00e9lectriques n\u2019existerait que lorsqu\u2019ils sont en charge.<\/p>\n<p>Par exemple, en juillet, en Flandre occidentale, un v\u00e9lo \u00e9lectrique a pris feu alors que son propri\u00e9taire rentrait chez lui. \u00c0 Zomergem, en Flandre orientale, une habitation a subi d'importants d\u00e9g\u00e2ts apr\u00e8s que la batterie d'un v\u00e9lo \u00e9lectrique a pris feu, alors m\u00eame qu'elle n'\u00e9tait pas en charge.<\/p>\n<p>Lorsqu'un v\u00e9lo \u00e9lectrique tombe, le s\u00e9parateur entre les \u00e9lectrodes positive et n\u00e9gative de la batterie peut \u00eatre endommag\u00e9, ce qui peut entra\u00eener un emballement thermique, c'est-\u00e0-dire une accumulation de chaleur difficile \u00e0 ma\u00eetriser.<\/p>\n<p>Ce ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne peut se produire \u00e0 tout moment, que ce soit quelques heures, quelques jours, voire quelques semaines ou quelques mois apr\u00e8s la survenue du dommage, et donc pas n\u00e9cessairement pendant que le v\u00e9lo est en charge.<\/p>\n<h4>Un contr\u00f4le renforc\u00e9 de la qualit\u00e9 et de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des batteries des v\u00e9los \u00e9lectriques<\/h4>\n<p>C\u2019est pourquoi des experts tels que Renders et l\u2019Association des pompiers de Flandre r\u00e9clament une enqu\u00eate officielle sur la qualit\u00e9 et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des batteries de v\u00e9los \u00e9lectriques. Les marques certifi\u00e9es doivent se conformer aux normes europ\u00e9ennes et au nouveau r\u00e8glement de l\u2019UE sur les batteries. De nombreux incendies sont souvent li\u00e9s \u00e0 des batteries bon march\u00e9, non d\u2019origine ou modifi\u00e9es ill\u00e9galement \u2013 il ne s\u2019agit pas n\u00e9cessairement de la batterie d\u2019origine du fabricant.<\/p>\n<p>Toutefois, le r\u00e8glement europ\u00e9en sur les batteries, en vigueur depuis f\u00e9vrier 2024, met principalement l\u2019accent sur le recyclage, la r\u00e9utilisation et la durabilit\u00e9 des batteries de v\u00e9lo \u2013 et non sur le type de tests de pr\u00e9vention des incendies pr\u00e9conis\u00e9s par Renders et l\u2019Association n\u00e9erlandaise des consommateurs.<\/p>\n<h4>Il n'existe pas de norme harmonis\u00e9e pour les v\u00e9los \u00e9lectriques tout-terrain et les v\u00e9los \u00e9lectriques de transport de marchandises<\/h4>\n<p>Depuis le mois de mai de cette ann\u00e9e, une norme technique europ\u00e9enne harmonis\u00e9e relative aux v\u00e9los \u00e0 assistance \u00e9lectrique, connue sous le nom de norme EN 15194, est entr\u00e9e en vigueur. Elle pr\u00e9cise les \u00e9l\u00e9ments suivants : la puissance maximale continue du moteur (250 W), la vitesse \u00e0 laquelle l'assistance s'interrompt (25 km\/h), ainsi que les exigences et les m\u00e9thodes d'essai relatives au syst\u00e8me d'entra\u00eenement du moteur, aux circuits \u00e9lectriques, aux syst\u00e8mes de recharge jusqu'\u00e0 48 V CC et, surtout, aux batteries. Les fabricants qui se conforment \u00e0 cette norme sont pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s satisfaire \u00e9galement aux exigences l\u00e9gales en mati\u00e8re de s\u00e9curit\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Cette norme fait de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des batteries une exigence stricte et obligatoire : les batteries des v\u00e9los \u00e9lectriques doivent d\u00e9sormais \u00eatre test\u00e9es conform\u00e9ment \u00e0 la norme EN 50604-1+A1, une version plus stricte sp\u00e9cialement con\u00e7ue pour les v\u00e9hicules \u00e9lectriques l\u00e9gers. Toutefois, elle ne s'applique qu'aux v\u00e9los \u00e0 assistance \u00e9lectrique (EPAC) \u201c standard \u201d. Il n'existe actuellement aucune norme harmonis\u00e9e pour les v\u00e9los tout-terrain \u00e9lectriques, les v\u00e9los cargo \u00e9lectriques et les autres v\u00e9hicules \u00e9lectriques l\u00e9gers (LEV), tels que les trottinettes \u00e9lectriques.<\/p>\n<h4>Aucun contr\u00f4le exerc\u00e9 par un organisme public<\/h4>\n<p>Bien entendu, cette norme ne s'applique pas r\u00e9troactivement ; elle ne concerne que les v\u00e9los mis sur le march\u00e9 \u00e0 l'\u00e9tat neuf apr\u00e8s le 15 mai 2026. Les millions de v\u00e9los \u00e9lectriques et de batteries de rechange d\u00e9j\u00e0 en circulation \u2013 dont beaucoup resteront en service pendant de nombreuses ann\u00e9es encore \u2013 continueront de fonctionner selon l'ancienne r\u00e9glementation, moins stricte. Les batteries ayant g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement une dur\u00e9e de vie de quatre \u00e0 six ans, il faudra beaucoup de temps avant que le parc existant ne soit enti\u00e8rement renouvel\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>De plus, la norme repose sur une \u201c pr\u00e9somption de conformit\u00e9 \u201d : ce sont les fabricants eux-m\u00eames qui d\u00e9clarent respecter la norme (marquage CE), sans qu\u2019un organisme public ne proc\u00e8de \u00e0 une v\u00e9rification syst\u00e9matique pr\u00e9alable. Et bien que cette norme pr\u00e9voie des tests visant \u00e0 d\u00e9tecter les d\u00e9fauts des batteries neuves, elle ne couvre pas les dommages caus\u00e9s par les chutes, un stockage inappropri\u00e9 (exposition au soleil, temp\u00e9ratures n\u00e9gatives), le vieillissement ou des pratiques de recharge inadapt\u00e9es.<\/p>\n<p>Les experts et les associations de d\u00e9fense des consommateurs soulignent donc que, m\u00eame si la norme en elle-m\u00eame constitue une r\u00e9elle am\u00e9lioration, il subsiste un \u00e9cart consid\u00e9rable en mati\u00e8re d\u2019application de la r\u00e9glementation, au niveau du parc existant et du segment de march\u00e9 hors de la vente au d\u00e9tail r\u00e9glement\u00e9e : les batteries de rechange vendues \u00e0 l\u2019unit\u00e9, les batteries usag\u00e9es et les importations bon march\u00e9 via des plateformes telles qu\u2019AliExpress ou Temu \u00e9chappent souvent, dans la pratique, au champ d\u2019application de la surveillance du march\u00e9, m\u00eame si elles sont formellement soumises aux m\u00eames r\u00e8gles.<\/p>\n<h4>Quelques conseils<\/h4>\n<p>Avec pr\u00e8s de 300 000 unit\u00e9s vendues, les v\u00e9los \u00e9lectriques ont repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 environ 51% des ventes totales de v\u00e9los en Belgique l'ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re. Tout comme dans nos pays voisins, le nombre de v\u00e9los \u00e9lectriques augmente rapidement et, statistiquement, plus il y a de v\u00e9los \u00e9lectriques, plus il y a d'incidents \u2013 m\u00eame si le risque par v\u00e9lo reste le m\u00eame.<\/p>\n<p>Par ailleurs, les batteries de rechange bon march\u00e9, un stockage inappropri\u00e9 (temp\u00e9rature trop \u00e9lev\u00e9e ou trop basse, dans un local contenant des mati\u00e8res inflammables) et un mauvais entretien jouent \u00e9galement un r\u00f4le.<\/p>\n<p>Les experts recommandent de ne jamais entreposer un v\u00e9lo \u00e9lectrique ou une batterie dans une entr\u00e9e ou toute autre voie d'\u00e9vacuation. Si vous les rangez \u00e0 l'int\u00e9rieur, veillez \u00e0 ce que la pi\u00e8ce soit \u00e9quip\u00e9e d'un d\u00e9tecteur de fum\u00e9e. Des entreprises telles que Mobile Locker et Nauta Security Storage, par exemple, d\u00e9veloppent \u00e9galement des casiers r\u00e9sistants au feu sp\u00e9cialement con\u00e7us pour entreposer les batteries de v\u00e9lo en toute s\u00e9curit\u00e9.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an urgent need for research into the quality of bike batteries and the causes of the fires involving them. That is the view of fire prevention expert Tim Renders. According to Renders, the numbers of reported e-bike fires in Flanders and the Netherlands rose from 38 in 2021 to 102 in 2023 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":193852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"an {title}\r\n\r\n{excerpt}\r\n\r\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[77162,77170,52082,7,31,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batteries","category-belgium","category-ebikes","category-mobility","category-road-safety","category-technology","category-top-stories-today"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?fit=2138%2C1500&ssl=1",2138,1500,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?fit=300%2C210&ssl=1",300,210,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?fit=640%2C449&ssl=1",640,449,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?fit=640%2C449&ssl=1",640,449,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?fit=1536%2C1078&ssl=1",1536,1078,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?fit=2048%2C1437&ssl=1",2048,1437,true],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?fit=18%2C12&ssl=1",18,12,true],"related-thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?resize=640%2C480&ssl=1",640,480,true],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1",300,300,true],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1",400,400,true],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1",600,600,true],"mailchimp":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?fit=560%2C393&ssl=1",560,393,true],"unipress-phone":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?resize=640%2C100&ssl=1",640,100,true],"unipress-tablet":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?resize=1536%2C240&ssl=1",1536,240,true],"unipress-tablet-portrait":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?resize=1536%2C180&ssl=1",1536,180,true],"unipress-tablet-landscape":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?resize=2048%2C180&ssl=1",2048,180,true],"unipress-smartphone":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?resize=1080%2C168&ssl=1",1080,168,true],"unipress-wide-screen":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newmobility.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Untitled88-1.png?resize=2138%2C180&ssl=1",2138,180,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>There is an urgent need for research into the quality of bike batteries and the causes of the fires involving them. That is the view of fire prevention expert Tim Renders. According to Renders, the numbers of reported e-bike fires in Flanders and the Netherlands rose from 38 in 2021 to 102 in 2023 and 104 in 2024. So far this year, the total has already reached 65. It is striking that e-bikes are catching fire often, even when they are not plugged into a charger. After a fall, a battery can catch fire weeks or months later Renders himself&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/category\/batteries\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Batteries<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/category\/belgium\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Belgium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/category\/ebikes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">eBikes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/category\/mobility\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mobility<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/category\/road-safety\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Road safety<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/category\/technology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/category\/top-stories-today\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Top Stories Today<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Luc Joris","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/author\/belga-5\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>E-bike fires are rising, and battery quality may be to blame - newmobility.news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/fr\/2026\/09\/14\/e-bike-fires-are-rising-and-battery-quality-may-be-to-blame\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"E-bike fires are rising, and battery quality may be to blame - newmobility.news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There is an urgent need for research into the quality of bike batteries and the causes of the fires involving them. 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