Exclusive: Most Australians are unwilling to buy an e-bike as a Christmas present for their children or young relatives, according to a nine.com.au reader poll.

E-bikes have taken over Aussie streets this year, proving incredibly popular with school-aged kids and teenagers despite reports of injuries, deaths, and fires sparked by the lithium-ion batteries that power them.

But those hoping to unwrap a shining new e-bike on Christmas morning may be disappointed.

Of the 476* readers surveyed, 86 per cent said they would not buy their own child or a child they knew an e-bike for Christmas.

A further 11 per cent said their answer would depend on factors like the child's age.

"E-bikes are not for children they are too dangerous, there should be age restrictions on them," one tol

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