A Canadian airline’s pilot erroneously told a man who uses a motorized wheelchair that he couldn’t board a flight because the batteries connected to his mobility aid presented “a dangerous threat,” ...

Owning one of the best electric wheelchairs can make a huge difference in a person's day to day. Designed to help those who have difficulty walking, these motor-based chairs tend to have a variety of ...

Courtesy of Stellantis] Stellantis is pioneering innovative approaches to repurpose electric vehicle batteries. The automaker ...

Travelers who bring their own electric wheelchairs will need to take additional steps to fly with the medical devices. Passengers will have to remove the lithium batteries of both electric wheelchairs ...

Southwest Airlines passengers who use lithium-powered mobility devices will soon have to remove the batteries and carry them into the cabin before their wheelchair is checked. The new policy will take ...

A Porter Airlines captain denied a passenger boarding over his wheelchair's batteries, per CBC. But Ken Harrower's power chair uses a gel battery that IATA says is nondangerous. Porter said the ...

When Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) made plans to travel to military bases in Italy last month, the Defense Department called ahead to make sure his power wheelchair would be permitted on the flight. But ...