a man rides a OneWheel
OneWheel.
  • About 300,000 Onewheel electric skateboards have been recalled.
  • Future Motion received four reports of deaths involving the Onewheel from 2019 to 2021.
  • The recall includes models that lack a haptic buzz alert to warn riders when something is wrong.

About 300,000 Onewheel electric skateboards have been recalled after dozens of reports of injuries.

The US Consumer and Product Safety Commission announced the September 29 recall in a statement. According to the release, the skateboards "can stop balancing the rider if the boards' limits are exceeded, posing a crash hazard that can result in serious injury or death."