The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that it is recalling 300,000 Onewheel self-balancing electric skateboards due to multiple deaths and injuries involving the products.
Future Motion Inc. – the company that manufactures the skateboards – has received reports of four deaths between 2019 and 2021 involving self-balancing skateboards.
Some clients also have traumatic brain injuries, upper and lower body fractures and head trauma.
“Skateboards can stop balancing the rider if the board’s limits are exceeded, creating a crash hazard that could result in serious injury or death,” the CPSC explained in a statement.
The recall involves all models of Onewheels self-balancing electric skateboards, but only owners of the Original Onewheel or Onewheel+ are urged to dispose of their products.
The client suffered a traumatic brain injury, upper and lower body fractures and head trauma.
A prorated refund – in the form of Onewheel store credit – will be available to such customers.
Surfboarders who purchase the Onewheel GT, Onewheel Pint X, Onewheel Pint or Onewheel+ XR models are advised to update their firmware when it becomes available.
Firmware updates for all four models will be available in six weeks.
Four Onewheel-related deaths involved head trauma, and some riders were not wearing helmets. onewheel / Instagram
Four of the reported deaths involved head trauma, and the CPSC explained that at least three of the four riders were not wearing helmets.
“Future Motion and the CPSC encourage all riders to wear personal protective equipment while riding,” the statement added.
The CPSC states that the recalled Onewheel skateboards were sold between January 2014 and September 2023. They cost between $1,050 and $2,200.
A general view of a man riding a Onewheel electric scooter in New York City is shown. Christopher Sadowski
“This update is the culmination of months of work with the CPSC and we are proud to make continuous improvements toward creating the best experience for our riders,” Onewheel said in a statement.
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