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2. Plug-in electric vehicle fire - Wikipedia

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   The lithium-ion battery of an i-MiEV caught fire at the Mizushima battery pack assembly plant on March 18 while connected to a charge-discharge test equipment. Three days later, the battery pack of an Outlander P-HEV at a dealership in Yokohama overheated and melted some of the battery cells, after the vehicle had been fully charged and stood ...

3. Florida calls electric vehicles "ticking time bombs" amid ...

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   Storm surges from Hurricane Milton could turn electric vehicles and other products containing lithium-ion batteries into "ticking time bombs," Florida's fire marshal warned.. Residents and first ...

4. Fire professionals raise alarm about EV lithium battery fire ...

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   Englewood last year used a $12,000 grant from the state Attorney General’s Office to fund training on lithium-ion batteries. ... concerns with new bills as lithium battery fires have made ...

5. Health and environmental effects of battery electric cars

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   The phase-out of fossil fuels and coal and transition to renewable and low-carbon power sources will make electricity generation greener, which will reduce the impact of electric vehicles that use that electricity. Most of the lithium-ion battery production occurs in China, where the bulk of energy used is supplied by coal burning power plants ...

6. Massachusetts: Significant increase in number of fires ... - AOL

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   Meanwhile, the majority of the devices (56%) were not charging at the time of the fire. Tips for preventing lithium-ion battery fires. The following tips are provided by the state Fire Services:

7. Chevrolet Bolt - Wikipedia

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   The 2020 model year's battery capacity increased to 66 kWh because of a small change made to the battery chemistry that increased the EPA-rated range by 21 miles (34 km). [5] Physically, the battery is 50.2 in (1,280 mm) wide, 71.1 in (1,810 mm) long, and 7.3 to 13.7 in (190 to 350 mm) high, weighing 947 lb (430 kg).

8. Hot topic: Researchers push to reduce fire risk from lithium ...

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   The lithium-ion battery is a near-ubiquitous technology with a serious flaw: They sometimes catch on fire. A video of crew and passengers aboard a JetBlue flight feverishly dumping water on a ...

9. Patent encumbrance of large automotive NiMH batteries

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   Boschert quotes Dave Goldstein, president of the Electric Vehicle Association of Washington D.C., as saying this policy is necessary because the cost of setting up a multimillion-dollar battery assembly line could not be justified without guaranteed orders of 100,000 batteries (~12,000 EVs) per year for 3 years.