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Planning to purchase an EV? Here's how to ensure it never catches on fire
With the increasing popularity of electric vehicles, safety concerns, particularly battery-related …
Dreamliner Battery Suffered 'Thermal Runaway'
The global no-fly order imposed by US regulators has seen Japan's two biggest carriers -- major cus…
Agence France Presse
Viral videos of EVs catching fire after Hurricane Helene raise safety concerns in Florida
Florida officials confirmed 16 lithium-ion-battery fires related to Hurricane Helene's storm surge,…
Catherine Boudreau
Honeywell claims innovative solution to address EV battery fires
US-based consumer technology company Honeywell on Monday said it has created innovative solutions t…
Firefighters are still learning how to fight EV fires. Here's everything you need to know to stay safe.
Highly combustible chemicals in EV batteries pose new challenges for first responders and owners.
Nora Naughton
After an Ather 450X catches fire, the company says its battery is safe — fire was due to a wiring harness issue
An Ather 450X electric scooter caught on fire in Bengaluru a few weeks ago. The company has claimed…
Terrifying video shows a charging e-scooter bursting into flames and engulfing a kitchen in fire in seconds
The London Fire Brigade shared CCTV footage of an e-scooter battery bursting into flames while it w…
Sinéad Baker
LG Chem has developed a flame-retardant plastic that can delay fires in electric vehicles
While the new plastic material from LG Chem will not prevent fires, it will delay them by up t…
Electric scooters are catching fire in India – should users be worried?
Most recently, a parked Ola S1 Pro scooter caught fire without any specific intervention from an…
Samsung’s phone batteries are reportedly swelling up – here’s everything you need to know
Popular YouTuber Mrwhosetheboss has found an issue with several of his Samsung devices. The batteri…
A United passenger's laptop battery caught fire mid-flight, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in Florida
"Emergency personnel met the aircraft and customers remained onboard prior to the aircraft redepart…
David Slotnick
The food delivery robot that burst into flames at Berkeley university had the same problem as Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones
"To ensure this will not happen again, Kiwi has put in custom software that will rigorously monitor…
Nick Bastone
Tesla is facing scrutiny for its cars catching on fire, but electric cars could actually end up being safer than gas-powered cars
Tesla has generally been proactive in dealing with fires. The company shielded its early battery pa…
Matthew DeBord
French investigators think an Apple iPhone and iPad may have played a role in causing an airliner to crash
A trio of experts - including an engineer from the French National Center for Scientific Research a…
Benjamin Zhang
A Florida man has died after his Tesla Model S crashed and caught fire
"The vehicle had inadequate measures to prevent a post-collision fire; to wit: The battery pack of …
Linette Lopez
Life, death and spontaneous combustion - here's why the debate about Tesla fires just got more fierce
According to the training videos being disseminated across the first responder world, firefighters …
Linette Lopez
3 Hi-Tech drones by IIT Kanpur students and professors that may become a part of Indian Military operations soon
IITian minds are known for coming up with some brilliant innovations. The newest is a set of three …
Why are Smartphones exploding? here’s how you can prevent yours from blowing up
To begin with let us make a one point clear: unless there is a serious flaw in the assembly or outl…
ELON MUSK: Those 787 Dreamliner Batteries Are Fundamentally Dangerous
Both Boeing and Tesla use batteries fueled by lithium cobalt oxide, which is among the most energy-…
Here's Everything We Know From The Probe Of The Dreamliner Battery Failure
Based on examinations of the burned battery (including a CT scan), the NTSB believes a short circui…