All models of Onewheel electric skateboards are being recalled after the maker Future Motion received reports of four deaths of users between 2019 and 2021 and multiple reports of serious injuries.
In the recall notice for 300,000 of the self-balancing skateboards, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission warned people to immediately stop using the skateboards, which “can stop balancing the rider if the boards’ limits are exceeded, posing a crash hazard that can result in serious injury or death.” The deaths resulted from head trauma, and in at least three of those cases, the rider was not wearing a helmet, the agency said.
The agency said it “evaluated the Onewheel products and found that they can cause the rider to be ejected from the product, which can result in serious injury or death to the rider.” Future Motion is now cooperating with the recall, and the company is rolling out a firmware update to address the safety issues, using what it called “haptic buzz.
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