When damaged and overheated, lithium-ion batteries can ignite and even explode. Residual heat can trigger a reaction that can lead to combustion, a danger that can develop over days, weeks or months.

It will release so much heat and flammable gas that it generates its own fire, which spreads to the other cells. Older lithium-ion battery packs ... fire in an internal-combustion car might ...

Nissan executives met with about 10 Leaf owners in Phoenix last week and said the company is approaching a solution that will better allow Leaf lithium-ion batteries to withstand extensive heat ...

Lithium, sometimes called “oil of the future” given its potential in electric cars as a replacement of combustion engines ... used in electrical batteries, reports the Folha de Sao Paulo.