Technique uses less water to bring battery temps down to normal.
Tag: battery fire
Misaligned factory robot may have sparked Chevy Bolt battery fires
“What we’re looking at is a perfect storm.”
Two more battery fires spark second Chevrolet Bolt EV recall
GM and LG Chem found a second issue and will replace battery modules.
Nio recalls SUVs in China after battery fires
Chinese startup automaker Nio is recalling nearly 5,000 of the ES8 SUVs that it has sold in China following a spate of fires in their battery packs. Nio says the pack assembly is the problem. A module in the pack can rub against a cable that samples vo…
Report: Tesla-Panasonic battery waste could lead to battery flaws
Tesla’s manufacturing struggles to build the Model 3 at its Fremont, California, factory have been well documented. The same can’t be said for its partner Panasonic, as it struggles to build enough new lithium-ion batteries to power them. A report by B…
Tesla Model S catches fire–twice–after flat tire in California
A day after Tesla claimed it found a bullet hole, shot from inside the car, in the battery of a Tesla that caught fire in 2014, another brand new Tesla Model S caught fire in California. The owner told local news crews that he was driving on Highway 17…
Watch This Tiny Tesla Princess Car Catch Fire On Camera
Lithium batteries are not toys. Rich Benoit of Rich Rebuilds fame had started an awesome new project with his friend, Lee. They had found a sort of princess parade car and decided to convert it to run on battery power. Specifically, Tesla battery power. Nicknamed Daisy, that project has now been put on permanent hold. […]
Tesla battery reignites twice after fatal Florida crash: NTSB report
Following a crash in early May that killed two teenagers, the battery in the Tesla Model S the teens were driving reignited twice after firefighters had initially extinguished it, according to the preliminary report released Tuesday by the NTSB. The re…
Director’s Tesla Model S catches fire in L.A.
A Tesla fire in Los Angeles last week is drawing attention again to the safety of the cars’ lithium-ion batteries. British television and stage director Michael Morris drove his Tesla Model S on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood when a couple in…
Director’s Tesla Model S catches fire in L.A.
A Tesla fire in Los Angeles last week is drawing attention again to the safety of the cars’ lithium-ion batteries. British television and stage director Michael Morris drove his Tesla Model S on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood when a couple in…
