In January 2016, the Philippine Department of Health and Trade and Industry issued a joint advisory cautioning the public against buying them, due to reports of injuries and "potential electrocution connected with its usage". The Swagway model X1 constituted the majority of the recalled "hoverboards," at 267,000 units. In July 2016 the commission ordered the recall of over 500,000 units from eight manufacturers. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) launched an investigation into the safety of the device in late 2015 and determined that the lithium-ion battery packs in the self-balancing scooters/hoverboards could overheat and posed a risk of catching fire or exploding, and that defects had led to 60 fires in over 20 states. Many airlines banned the transportation of the boards, both as stored or carry-on luggage.
In the United Kingdom, authorities expressed concerns with the boards, regarding possible faulty wiring. There were many instances of units catching fire, with claims that they were responsible for numerous residential fires between late 2015 into 2016. Design and operation Ī Customs and Border Protection officer at the Chicago field office stands between aisles of seized counterfeit hoverboards. The term "self-balancing electric scooter" remains popular. In September 2015 the Oxford English Dictionary stated in their view the term had not been in use in the context for long enough for inclusion and that for the time being they would restrict their description to boards "that Marty McFly would recognize". While the first trademarked use of hoverboard was registered in 1996 as a collecting and trading game, its first use as a commercial name representing a wheeled scooter was in 1999, and Guinness World Records lists a farthest hoverboard flight entry. Joseph and subsequently popularized in the 1989 film, Back to the Future Part II where Marty McFly uses one after traveling to 2015. The first use of the term for can be traced back to a 1967 science fiction novel by M. The use of the term " hoverboard" to describe these devices, despite the fact that they do not hover, has led to considerable discussion in the media. Robstep, INMOTION, Tech in the City, FreeGo settled with Segway. Robotics, FreeGo China, EcoBoomer, and Roboscooters. International Trade Commission issued an injunction for patent infringement against UPTECH, U.P. Many of the units provided in the first year of manufacture were defective and likely to catch fire, resulting in a major product recall from multiple manufacturers during 2016 (more details below). In August 2015, Mark Cuban announced plans to purchase the Hovertrax patents from Chen. In May Chen voiced his frustrations regarding patent rights in China. (which separately asserted that it holds patents for self-balancing scooters.
In January 2015 through Inventist, he announced his intention to pursue litigation In April 2015, Ninebot, a significant manufacturer of devices acquired Segway Inc.
īy June 2015, the board was being made by several manufacturers, mainly in the Shenzhen region of China. The founders of the American company PhunkeeTree encountered the board at the Hong Kong Electronics Show in 2014 and became involved in its distribution shortly thereafter. The devices' increasing popularity in Western countries has been attributed, initially, to endorsement by the wide array of celebrities (including Justin Bieber, Jamie Foxx, Kendall Jenner, Chris Brown, Soulja Boy and Wiz Khalifa). Shane Chen, an American businessman and founder of Inventist filed a patent for a device of this type in February 2013 and launched a Kickstarter fund-raising campaign in May 2013. A cosplayer riding a self-balancing board at the 2015 Wizard World Chicago
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