The battery electric compact crossover sports utility vehicle (SUV) has a seating capacity of five. A passerby named Zhang ...

Plus, he says that batteries in the few cars that are older than eight years seem to be fine, with very few wearing out early ...

A lot of consoling':Five-alarm fire destroys Wayland strip mall Although electric vehicles are the least likely type of vehicles to catch fire, according to a 2023 National Transportation Safety ...

If batteries are exposed to flames, they can become fire risks — reigniting days, weeks or even months after the initial ...

Residents of several dozen homes in Ojai were briefly ordered to evacuate or shelter in place Saturday morning after a hybrid electric vehicle caught fire, sending billowing smoke toward the ...

An electric vehicle caught fire in Ojai on Saturday, prompting evacuation and shelter-in-place orders in a nearby residential area. According to the Ventura County Fire Department, firefighters ...

Inside each electric vehicle (EV) are hundreds or even thousands of lithium-ion cells, which store large amounts of energy.

Fire chiefs say the public must be told about the huge fire risks posed by electric vehicles, as the Government presses ahead with a ban on new petrol and diesel cars. Damaged vehicles could burst ...