Amazon and UL sue 5 Chinese E-Bike companies

[aroundqube]

Amazon and UL sue Chinese e-bike makers over false UL certification

SEATTLE (BRAIN) — Amazon and UL are suing five e-bike and e-scooter companies, alleging they improperly labeled products with UL trademarks. The retailer and the testing company filed suit Jan. 23 against three Chinese companies, one Hong Kong-based company and one individual in the counterfeit...

www.bicycleretailer.com

 

[99t4]

Good for them, but this feels like whack-a-mole I wonder what instigated this action, at this time, and against these vendors. Was Amazon afraid of getting sued itself and wanted to head it off at the pass?

 

[neptronix]

pff it's their fault for doing less than what the government requires for safety regulations in regards to Chinese originated products.
Our govt also turned a blind eye to this until recently.

Amazon is suddenly held accountable and now it's time to pass the charge on..

Of course there is equal fault on the Chinese vendor side, but the west knows for some decades now that quality of Chinese products is much more hit/miss versus western products.

Basically Amazon produced this situation by not doing the QC and basically becoming American Alibaba.

 

[99t4]

Basically Amazon produced this situation by not doing the QC and basically becoming American Alibaba.

OK well in that case, this is gotta be just the tip of the iceberg.

 

[neptronix]

Yup, they spun the wheel and lost


I know Amazon has got in trouble over other product categories but the feds seem to really be going after anything related to green energy over the last 2 years, and yeah, Amazon sold a ton of sketchy product.

Honestly good riddance, think about how many basically unanswerable questions we have on this forum over the last few years over things bought on there with no documentation or support whatsoever. In that situation, Amazon aided and abetted the process of leaving the customer with 'the bag'

Should the Chinese companies get sued for lying? sure
But cmon man, you know passing those chinese raws direct to customer without any QC never works well

 

[99t4]

Honestly good riddance, think about how many basically unanswerable questions we have on this forum over the last few years over things bought on there with no documentation or support whatsoever. In that situation.

You do have a point there!

 

[OlderGiantFan]

It takes you back to the heady days of cheap Japanese and Taiwanese products. Cheap in comparison to stuff made in the West but still fit to purpose. But within a Decade they lifted their game Many people since 2005 odd have been China apologists claiming that they too would lift their game. I never believed it based on their culture and the fact they are a centralized communist nation. We're still waiting of course...

 

[OlderGiantFan]

As for Amazon, it isn't a business, it's a pirate ship on the high seas of internet sales. Just when all the little businesses were tooling up to go online they stepped in and offered to 'manage' all that tricky stuff for them. Like most of the big whales they gave away the service for next to nothing, until they had all the rabbits in the hutch, then they slammed the door and started jacking up fees. The big money of course came from tapping into the Chinese garbage stream. I've only ever used three or four times in my life, a total ripoff usually, especially with shipping now.

 

[aroundqube]

Amazon and U.L. win -https://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2026/07/07/amazon-and-ul-win-suit-over-false-ul-certifications-e-bike-and-e-scooter

 

[99t4]

Doesn't look like the customers will get anything out of this (customers who already bought the ebikes, not future customers).