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Amazon Pulls Majority Of Hoverboards Due To Safety Concerns – Newsy

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11.21.2021

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After a series of explosions, fires and injuries from boards made by various manufacturers, Amazon has stopped selling most models.

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http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/youth-poses-as-he-rides-a-hoverboard-which-are-also-known-news-photo/492471296
The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/3/9843156/hoverboard-explosion-fire-safety-hazard-UK
Amazon.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXPlT4p8lpo
BestReviews
http://bestreviews.com/5-best-hover-boards
The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/12/10016416/amazon-hoverboards-pull
National Trading Standards
http://www.nationaltradingstandards.uk/news/thousands-of-unsafe-hoverboards-detained-over-past-seven-weeks/
Getty Images
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/youth-poses-as-he-rides-a-hoverboard-which-are-also-known-news-photo/492471306
New York Post
http://nypost.com/2015/12/11/hoverboard-fires-injuries-cause-safety-concerns/
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Quartz
http://qz.com/567160/exploding-hoverboards-expose-the-total-lack-of-global-manufacturing-standards/
CNET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae0f9NMn6KI
Razor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfVzC2-yLfE
Quartz
http://qz.com/572895/amazon-has-pulled-most-hoverboards-from-its-us-and-uk-websites/

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