Where did the hoverboards go? Amazon pulls them from site

“Until they are able to certify it, they are subject to having their hoverboards seized at import, detained by CPSC and subject to recall in the U.S.”, Davis said. There have been at least 52 reports of fires blamed on hoverboards, the agency noted.

The self-balancing scooter has become one of the hottest new trends for teens, but the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) sent out a notice to retailers and manufacturers that the product is unsafe and should be removed from stores if they don’t meet certain safety standards. Saturday, Toys R Us also announced it had halted sales of hoverboards “out of an abundance of caution”.

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UL spokesperson Brooke Higginbotham told Patch that no hoverboards have been certified as safe as of Friday evening under the new requirements, which cover the electric motors inside the devices and the rechargeable batteries that power them.

‘If, following the investigation, we decide it’s appropriate to resume selling the item, we will once again make it available on our website’.

Amazon is offering full refunds for those who purchased a hoverboard from them. You don’t want to be singled out for not caring about consumer safety’.

No one has been reported injured in any of the fires associated with the devices, although two homes and a vehicle were destroyed, according to the CPSC.

Hoverboards have been outright banned on New York City streets, trains, buses and subway stations.

The increasingly popular hoverboards allow users to stand on small, two-wheeled motorized scooters, but they came under increasing scrutiny due to the fire risk posed by overheating lithium-ion batteries.