Following battery issues and a single-alarm fire caused by improperly disposed of batteries in Washington, D.C., Skip has been given the green light to resume operations in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding areas of Alexandria and Arlington.
The plan is to redeploy the scooters in the coming weeks.
In June, a battery on one of Skip’s scooters caught fire in D.C., prompting the company to ground its scooters in both D.C. and San Francisco.
The scooter in question was found with its external battery on fire, which caused “minor damage” to a wall nearby.
In light of that incident, Skip identified other potential at-risk batteries and quarantined them in its warehouse.
“In DC, they weren’t disposed of properly, which helped create the right conditions for a single-alarm fire,” Skip wrote in a blog post.