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Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths (www.theverge.com)

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Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths::Future Motion, along with the CPSC, is recalling 300,000 Onewheel self-balancing skateboards. Four crash deaths were reported, and the company resisted recall last year.

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[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 56 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

early adopters, however, owners can receive a “pro-rated credit of $100 to the purchase of a new board,” according to Mudd. The credit will only be issued after owners confirm that they have disposed of the old model.

What a joke. Their idea of a recall on those slightly older boards is to destroy them and get $100 off a new one? These boards are in the $2,000+ range. You can't really find an old beat up used one that's still in working condition for less than like $600.

This isn't a real recall. They're just having newer owners patch the software and providing a scapegoat for litigation purposes of older boards with what amounts to a 5% off coupon.

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