Lithium Ion Battery Caused Fatal Fire in Harlem Apartment Building, Say Officials February 27, 2024 A lithium ion battery sparked a fire that killed one person and injured 17 others at a New York City...
United Airlines Flight Turns Around After Fire in Cabin February 9, 2023 SAN DIEGO (AP) — A fire on board a New Jersey-bound United Airlines plane prompted it to return to San...
Tesla Driver Killed in Fiery Crash Hit 90 mph, Report Says November 12, 2021 By Terry Spencer and Tom Krisher FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Tesla driver who died with a passenger in a fiery September crash near Miami...
Safety Board: More Guidance Needed to Protect Firefighters From Electric Vehicle Fires January 14, 2021 By Jim Sams Electric vehicle manufacturers should provide more specific information to first responders and tow truck drivers on how to cope with...
Report on Electric Storage Explosion Highlights Danger of a Growing Technology August 6, 2020 By Jim Sams An investigation into the cause of an explosion at an Arizona energy storage facility that injured four firefighters confirms what...
Safety Firm Bolsters Battery Standards After Boeing Crisis June 13, 2013 By Deepa Seetharaman Underwriters Laboratories, a 119-year-old U.S. company that develops product safety tests, is strengthening its lithium-ion battery standards after a string...
Japan Probe Finds Miswiring of Boeing 787 Battery February 22, 2013 A probe into the overheating of a lithium ion battery in an All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 found it was...
U.S. Clears Boeing 787 for Test Flights February 8, 2013 By Jim Wolf and Alwyn Scott U.S. agencies cleared Boeing Co to restart test flights of its grounded 787 Dreamliner in order to get more data...
NTSB: Boeing 787 Battery Shows Short-Circuiting January 26, 2013 By JOAN LOWY Federal accident investigators say a short-circuit and an uncontrolled chemical reaction apparently took place in a Boeing 787 battery before...
GM Offers Fix to Prevent Volt Fire Risk January 5, 2012 General Motors Co said on Thursday it has developed a proposed fix to the battery pack for the Chevrolet Volt...