Seven cars on fire in Bucharest, after a vehicle caught fire while driving!
A fire occurred on Tuesday morning in Bucharest, in the Calea Moșilor area. The fire broke out in a moving vehicle. According to witnesses, while the car was driving on the road, a bang was hear...
Lithium-Ion Batteries and Auto Insurance
As the world braces for increasing intensity and frequency of major weather events, insurers must consider the considerable implications of the increasing number of lithium-ion batteries in homes ...
Why are fires so difficult to put out in electric vehicles?
Lithium-ion batteries pack a lot of energy into a very small space. Under normal operating conditions, they rapidly convert chemical energy into electrical energy. As we will describe in this ar...
Did you know that if a fire breaks out in your home, you may only have two minutes to escape? During a fire, early warning from a working smoke detector and a fire escape plan that has been practic...
8 questions about lithium-ion batteries
Lithium-ion batteries are increasingly found in the devices and systems that the public uses or interacts with every day. While these batteries provide an efficient and high-performance source of e...
The hidden danger of storing lithium-ion batteries
For more than a century, battery technology has been familiar to us and continues to evolve. Lead-acid batteries emerged in the early 20th century, primarily as a result of the automotive industry...
Whether you use forklifts or pallet trucks in your business, the risk of equipment breakdown is always present. But have you thought about the consequences if one of these machines catches fire? C...