Day: January 30, 2025

Los Angeles fire cleanup complicated by ‘unprecedented’ number of EVs with combustible lithium-ion batteriesLos Angeles fire cleanup complicated by ‘unprecedented’ number of EVs with combustible lithium-ion batteries

Highly combustible lithium-ion batteries used in electric and hybrid vehicles are complicating cleanup efforts in the Los Angeles neighborhoods ravaged by wildfire damage.  Phase 1 of the federal cleanup is