A fire warning for an e-bike battery was issued. It was too late for a St. Paul couple.

Beeping from a smoke alarm abruptly woke Matt Privratsky. Down in the garage, he found a single e-bike battery on a metal ...
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EVs are far less likely to catch fire than gas-powered cars

Few topics spark more heated and explosive debate (pun intended) in the EV world than battery fires. Stories about electric ...
The Ferret

A multinational says a battery site in rural Kintyre will help tackle climate change. Locals claim it will spoil a "unique environment"

There have been hundreds of applications for battery energy storage schemes (BESS) across Scotland. They are part of the ...

Hertz's multibillion-dollar bet on EVs magnified America's pain points — and soft spots — for electric cars

Hertz purchased 100,000 Teslas in 2021 and has since course-corrected after taking half a billion dollars in write-downs and ...

Multiple Fires Spark Urgent Warning For VW EV Owners

Owners should stop fast charging and park outside after slow charging. The company has also issued a separate recall for ...

This Electric VW Was Just Hit with Separate Fire Risk and Do-Not-Drive Warnings on the Same Day

NHTSA documents reveal Volkswagen has announced fire risk warnings and do not drive warnings for a small number of electric ...

Product Recalls

The Consumer Product Safety Commission said that about 833,000 Peloton Original Series Bike+ units are being recalled due to concerns that the bike’s seat post assembly can break during use, posing ...

Toxic metals flew everywhere in Moss Landing battery plant blaze, scientists say

Researchers from San José State University’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and their colleagues discovered elevated levels ...
University of Utah Health

Are Lithium Batteries Dangerous?

Lithium-ion batteries power the devices we rely on every day—but when misused, they can overheat, catch fire, or even explode ...