Blowing Up Hoverboards on Purpose
Northbrook, Ill. — The sign on the reinforced door read “Projectile Testing” and the crowd gathered in the corridor outside had been warned to expect a small explosion. But when the hoverboard battery blew up with an almighty BANG and a flash of yellow flame, Barbara Guthrie flinched all the same. “Huh!,” UL’s chief public safety officer said with a nervous laugh as she adjusted her safety glasses. “Would you say that’s something you...
Polaris Beats Harley to Electric Motorcycle Starting Line
Milwaukee — Polaris Industries, the maker of Indian and Victory motorcycles, has introduced an electric street bike that puts the company ahead of Harley-Davidson Inc. in a new category of two-wheel machines. Named the Empulse TT, it looks like a high-performance sport bike without the gasoline engine. “We wanted to get in early, and so we are,” said Gary Gray, product director for Victory motorcycles, a division of Minneapolis-based...
