It seems not a day goes by without another e-bike or electric scooter battery going up in flames – and strata insurers are sitting up and taking notice. Lithium-ion (li-ion) battery fires can be intense and explosive.

As a result, some apartment residents are being asked to declare if they have any two-wheeled battery-powered vehicles, and if so, where they store and charge them. Failure to register their two-wheeled “time bomb”, they are warned, could result in the block’s insurance being invalidated.