Lithium-ion batteries have completely changed how fire departments respond to emergencies like the crash that killed one ...

There is currently some debate in the firefighting community over whether it’s better to try to put an EV battery fire out with water or to just let it burn. Research like this means the ...

It’s also worth noting all the gear firefighters wear while fighting an electric car fire also becomes contaminated, with ...

Claudine Buzzo has never responded to an EV fire, but she knows the health risks involved in firefighting. "I think a lot of people don't realize what we see on a daily basis," Buzzo said.

The French automaker has made its EV fire safety tech freely available to encourage broader adoption improve overall safety. A growing number of automakers and battery companies are racing to ...

However, when someone intends to damage an EV or charging unit deliberately, all bets are off, even the most advanced BMS can't prevent malicious actions from escalating into a fire or safety ...

Extinguishing an EV fire often needs more water than a traditional combustion vehicle fire. All fire crew vehicles in the state carry a specialized EV blanket for fires like this. Firefighters ...

It is not difficult to see why. Fires have affected even better known companies like Ola, Okinawa or Pure EV but in those cases only a single scooter caught fire at a time. In this instance ...