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One option for electric vehicle fires? Let them burn.

Maya L. Kapoor

created: Feb. 24, 2025, 12:17 p.m. | updated: March 19, 2025, 5:36 p.m.

In the fall of 2024, a trucking company in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, temporarily stored a storm-damaged Tesla at its yard. A few weeks later, the car burst into flames that grew out of control within seconds, some shooting out 30 feet. A local fire company tried in vain to squelch the blaze, spraying more than…

4 months ago: MIT Technology Review