Every good thing has a bad side, and as the world embraces the marvels of going electric, lithium-ion batteries are a constant headache to auto manufactu.
it can go to a room in flames in 30 seconds. just the last two months there have been at least as you mentioned 42 battery fires across the country. firefighters south of boston blamed charging e-scooters for a fire there. last week a battery fire left four people injured on a united airlines flight. colorado mom christie says her son s battery-powered hover board exploded in their home last week. she was able to safely get the hover board outside and into the snow. firefighters had to break it apart to put out the fire. i went back outside and i had not called 911 yet because i thought i had gotten the flames taken care of. as i was taking a video of it, it exploded again and went on to explode again. i feel like i bought my son a bomb for his birthday. the consumer product safety commission says there were at least 208 fires or overheating
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