AFTERMATH OF THERMAL RUNAWAY (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

AFTERMATH OF THERMAL RUNAWAY

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Storing damaged EVs poses a fire hazard due to thermal runaway, a phenomenon that can cause a battery to ignite due to a chemical chain reaction.  Southwest Research Institute replicated thermal runaway to test the novel fire mitigation method.

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Southwest Research Institute

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