The Contra Costa Fire Department said the batteries of an electric vehicle were still off gassing after an underground ...

Crews extinguished a car fire in a parking garage in Walnut Creek on Wednesday evening and vapors from the fire prompted the ...

Contra Costa firefighters tackled an underground EV fire at California Plaza, prompting evacuations and a shelter-in-place ...

Lithium-ion batteries power phones, scooters and electric cars — but the increasingly common energy source can spark fires so intense that they challenge veteran firefighters. The fires burn hotter, ...

Chery Automobile, a Chinese automaker, recently released a prototype solid-state battery that offers double the energy ...

SAN ANTONIO – As part of recent federal cuts, the Department of Health and Human Services reportedly cut the Firefighter Health Program. The team was researching firefighters’ chemical exposures in ...

A fire broke out in an electric vehicle that was charging at an officetel in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, and was ...

Recall now covers up to nearly 45,000 Leafs for battery fire risk and the fix is taking forever. Nissan expanded its Leaf recall to nearly 45,000 vehicles from 2019–2022 model years. Fast charging is ...

As soon as staff members noticed flames and smoke rising from the vehicles, they immediately alerted the fire department.