Lithium-ion News
Where there is smoke
On April 10, 2023, a man rode his electric bike home from his job in Manhattan to his home in Queens, NY. He lived in a walk-up apartment with his...
An open dialogue about safety
Talking about battery safety is normally a very charged conversation. So much is at stake. Companies could have to issue huge recalls. Or someone could get hurt or die. Then...
Safety doesn't sell
In 1972, Lee Iacocca, then President of Ford Motor Company, said that “Safety doesn’t sell.” But in 1988, he led Chrysler to announce that they would be the first American...
A menagerie of errors
Last week, there was a fire at night in an e-bike shop in New York City, and four people in the apartments above died of smoke inhalation while two others...
An explosive revelation
Before I start this article, I want to say thank you to the brave men and women who serve as first responders and enter into unknown situations to serve as...
Slaying of a beautiful theory
In 1870, biologist Thomas Henry Huxley delivered a speech in which he said “The great tragedy of science—the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.” It has since...
A problem we can solve
In 2016, when Samsung recalled their Galaxy Note 7 due to spontaneous battery fires, I had a conversation with Mark Lefebvre. He liked the Dreamweaver Silver separator, and their tests...
Wholistic approach to battery safety
In 1959, Volvo invented the three-point seatbelt, and famously made it available for the rest of the automotive industry to use. They estimate it has saved over 1 million lives....
