Ua ʻōlelo ʻo New York City Mayor Eric Adams i ka Pōʻalua e hoʻomaka ana kāna alakaʻi i kahi papahana pilote lithium-ion hou e hoʻopaʻa ana i ka paila i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2024 e ʻae ai i nā limahana lawe mua e hoʻopaʻa pono i nā pihi ma nā wahi ākea. "E ho'āʻo kēia pailaka i nā ʻenehana e hoʻopiha ana i nā ʻenehana uila uila ma nā wahi he nui ma ke kūlanakauhale ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ke aupuni Safe Charge, Safe Ride initiative no ka pale ʻana i nā New Yorkers mai ke ahi i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā pākahi lithium-ion a hoʻolaha i nā pā uila palekana. micromobility, "i ʻōlelo ai ka hui Adams ma kahi ʻōlelo. Hoʻokumu ka pilote i nā hoʻolālā mua e hoʻomohala i nā koho uku hou aku no New Yorkers, me ka hana pū me Los Deliveristas Unidos a me US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer e hana i nā "hale hoʻouna" i nā hale kūʻai ʻole. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ka US Department of Transportation i $25 miliona no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i 173 kaʻa micro-electric ma ke alanui ma 53 New York City Housing Authority i lilo i mea e pono ai no nā limahana lawe, akā ua lilo lākou i mea pōʻino nui i ke ahi.