First, Hyundai Motor Co. made headlines about its electric cars catching fire. Five days later, it was General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. The next day, it was BMW AG. Vehicles going up in flames aren’t new to the electric era. An estimated 171,500 took place annually in the U.S. alone over a recent […]
Battery fires: Industry and research must work together for safer batteries
According to a new review paper, published in Journal of The Electrochemical Society, industry leaders feel that battery safety standards do not represent real-world scenarios that could cause fires and are therefore not robust enough to prevent, detect, and suppress battery fires. The authors argue that better alignment of research and industry could address this […]
500 Gas Car Fires Per Day — Can We Please Get Serious About Electric Car Battery Fires?
You see the headlines every day. Here’s one from the Herald in Everett, Washington, dated June 1, 2019: “Electric Car Batteries Can Catch Fire Days After An Accident.” Here’s another from the Mercury News dated June 2: “Two sisters trapped in burning car, one dead in collision with Tesla in downtown Berkeley.” Now let’s be very clear. The first […]