{"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\/nl\/2026\/09\/14\/e-bike-fires-are-rising-and-battery-quality-may-be-to-blame\/","title":{"rendered":"Het aantal branden bij e-bikes neemt toe, en de kwaliteit van de accu\u2019s zou hier wel eens debet aan kunnen zijn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Er is dringend behoefte aan onderzoek naar de kwaliteit van fietsaccu\u2019s en de oorzaken van de branden waarbij deze betrokken zijn. Dat is de mening van brandpreventiedeskundige Tim Renders.<\/p>\n<p>Volgens Renders is het aantal gemelde branden met e-bikes in Vlaanderen en Nederland gestegen van 38 in 2021 naar 102 in 2023 en 104 in 2024. Tot nu toe is het totaal dit jaar al op 65 gekomen.<\/p>\n<p>Het valt op dat e-bikes vaak in brand vliegen, zelfs als ze niet aan een oplader zijn aangesloten.<\/p>\n<h4>Na een val kan een batterij weken of maanden later vlam vatten<\/h4>\n<p>Renders benadrukt zelf ook dat het werkelijke aantal ongetwijfeld hoger ligt, omdat veel incidenten geen media-aandacht krijgen of omdat ze niet allemaal in de brandveiligheidsstatistieken worden opgenomen.<\/p>\n<p>Tegelijkertijd waarschuwt hij in de krant Het Laatste Nieuws dat het een gevaarlijke misvatting is te denken dat het brandgevaar van e-bikes alleen bestaat wanneer ze worden opgeladen.<\/p>\n<p>Zo vloog in juli in West-Vlaanderen een e-bike in brand terwijl de eigenaar ermee naar huis fietste. In Zomergem, Oost-Vlaanderen, liep een woning ernstige schade op nadat de accu van een e-bike in brand vloog, hoewel deze niet aan het opladen was.<\/p>\n<p>Wanneer een e-bike valt, kan de scheiding tussen de positieve en negatieve elektroden in de accu beschadigd raken, wat kan leiden tot thermische runaway \u2013 een opbouw van warmte die moeilijk te stoppen is.<\/p>\n<p>Dit proces kan op elk moment plaatsvinden, ook uren, dagen of zelfs weken of maanden nadat de schade is ontstaan, dus niet per se terwijl de fiets wordt opgeladen.<\/p>\n<h4>Meer controle op de kwaliteit en veiligheid van accu\u2019s voor e-bikes<\/h4>\n<p>Daarom pleiten deskundigen zoals Renders en de Vlaamse Brandweervereniging voor een officieel onderzoek naar de kwaliteit en veiligheid van accu\u2019s voor e-bikes. Gecertificeerde merken moeten voldoen aan de Europese normen en de nieuwe EU-accuverordening. Bij veel branden zijn goedkope, niet-originele of illegaal aangepaste accu\u2019s in het spel \u2013 niet noodzakelijkerwijs de originele accu van de fabrikant.<\/p>\n<p>De EU-batterijverordening, die sinds februari 2024 van kracht is, richt zich echter vooral op de recycling, het hergebruik en de duurzaamheid van fietsaccu\u2019s \u2013 en niet op het soort brandpreventietests waar Renders en de Nederlandse Consumentenbond voor pleiten.<\/p>\n<h4>Er is geen geharmoniseerde norm voor elektrische mountainbikes en elektrische bakfietsen<\/h4>\n<p>Sinds mei van dit jaar is er een geharmoniseerde Europese technische norm voor e-bikes van kracht, bekend als EN 15194. Deze norm specificeert het volgende: het maximale continue motorvermogen (250 W), de snelheid waarbij de trapondersteuning wordt uitgeschakeld (25 km\/u), en eisen en testmethoden voor het motoraandrijfsysteem, de elektrische circuits, laadsystemen tot 48 V DC en \u2013 belangrijk \u2013 de accu\u2019s. Van fabrikanten die aan deze norm voldoen, wordt aangenomen dat zij ook aan de wettelijke veiligheidseisen voldoen.<\/p>\n<p>De norm stelt strenge, verplichte eisen aan de veiligheid van accu\u2019s: accu\u2019s voor e-bikes moeten voortaan worden getest volgens EN 50604-1+A1, een strengere versie die specifiek is ontworpen voor lichte elektrische voertuigen. Deze norm geldt echter alleen voor \u201cstandaard\u201d elektrisch ondersteunde fietsen (EPAC\u2019s). Er bestaat momenteel geen geharmoniseerde norm voor e-mountainbikes, e-bakfietsen en andere lichte elektrische voertuigen (LEV's), zoals e-scooters.<\/p>\n<h4>Geen toezicht door een overheidsinstantie<\/h4>\n<p>Deze norm geldt uiteraard niet met terugwerkende kracht; hij is alleen van toepassing op fietsen die na 15 mei 2026 als nieuw op de markt worden gebracht. De miljoenen e-bikes en vervangende accu\u2019s die al in omloop zijn \u2013 en waarvan er veel nog jarenlang in gebruik zullen blijven \u2013 blijven onder de oude, minder strenge regelgeving vallen. Aangezien accu\u2019s doorgaans vier tot zes jaar meegaan, zal het nog lang duren voordat het bestaande wagenpark volledig is vervangen.<\/p>\n<p>Bovendien is de norm gebaseerd op een \u201cvermoeden van conformiteit\u201d: fabrikanten verklaren zelf dat zij aan de norm voldoen (CE-markering), zonder dat een overheidsinstantie dit vooraf systematisch controleert. En hoewel deze norm wel controleert op productdefecten in nieuwe batterijen, heeft deze geen betrekking op schade veroorzaakt door vallen, onjuiste opslag (zonlicht, vriestemperaturen), veroudering of onjuiste oplaadpraktijken.<\/p>\n<p>Deskundigen en consumentenorganisaties wijzen er dan ook op dat, hoewel de norm op zich een echte verbetering inhoudt, er nog steeds een enorme kloof bestaat op het gebied van handhaving, het bestaande wagenpark en het marktsegment buiten de gereguleerde detailhandel \u2013 individuele vervangingsbatterijen, gebruikte batterijen en goedkope import via platforms zoals AliExpress of Temu vallen in de praktijk vaak buiten het bereik van het markttoezicht, ook al zijn ze formeel aan dezelfde regels onderworpen.<\/p>\n<h4>Een paar tips<\/h4>\n<p>Met bijna 300.000 verkochte exemplaren waren e-bikes vorig jaar goed voor ongeveer 51% van de totale fietsverkoop in Belgi\u00eb. Net als in onze buurlanden neemt het aantal e-bikes snel toe, en statistisch gezien betekenen meer e-bikes ook meer ongevallen \u2013 ook al blijft het risico per fiets hetzelfde.<\/p>\n<p>Daarnaast spelen ook goedkope vervangingsaccu\u2019s, onjuiste opslag (te warm, te koud, in een opslagruimte met brandbare materialen) en slecht onderhoud een rol.<\/p>\n<p>Deskundigen raden aan om een e-bike of accu nooit in een hal of andere vluchtroute op te bergen. Als u ze toch binnenshuis opbergt, doe dat dan alleen in een ruimte met een rookmelder. Bedrijven zoals Mobile Locker en Nauta Security Storage ontwikkelen bijvoorbeeld ook brandveilige kluisjes die speciaal zijn ontworpen om fietsaccu\u2019s veilig op te bergen.<\/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. 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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\/nl\/category\/batteries\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Batteries<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/belgium\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Belgium<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/ebikes\/\" rel=\"category tag\">eBikes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/mobility\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mobility<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/road-safety\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Road safety<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/technology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/category\/top-stories-today\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Top Stories Today<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Luc Joris","url":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/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\/nl\/2026\/09\/14\/e-bike-fires-are-rising-and-battery-quality-may-be-to-blame\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_BE\" \/>\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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