Battery was detached from the vehicle??<p>Are people trying to steal battery packs now, then? - for what other reason would a detached battery be lying next to vehicles in a car park?<p>(I've always thought that EV battery packs should be standardised, with several easy-ish to replace/upgrade modules per car. But if they make up half the value of the vehicle or so, they also need to be very theft-resistant...)
> <i>In cases of a lithium-ion battery fire firefighters will cool down the battery and place it in a container with water to stop re-ignitions</i><p>«With water»?! Lithium? I understood that those batteries for EVs are isolated in pools of special materials (according to local maintainers).<p>Edit: apparently, according to some, water is the way:<p><a href="https://interestingengineering.com/video/tips-on-fighting-a-lithium-ion-battery-fire-in-an-electric-vehicle" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://interestingengineering.com/video/tips-on-fighting-a-...</a>
Why is this news?<p>Is every gas car fire reported?<p>Is it news because electric cars are “new” as in ten years old?<p>Or is it that the publisher just knows it will get a bunch of clicks from people that don’t like electric stuff?