Burnout

serf407, Aug 23, 8:24pm
Are detached garages going to be favoured in the future, as plug in electric vehicles become more common?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/71362337/garage-explosion-destroys-prized-motorbike-collection
Or are installed automatic powder fire suppression systems in house/ garages going to be a necessity?

saxman99, Aug 24, 6:19am
I've heard of lithium-ion batteries catching fire while being charged, but not of exploding with enough force to blow doors off etc. Crikey.

Poor bugger, that sucks big time.

tamarillo, Aug 24, 6:42am
Now that's sad.

tony9, Sep 8, 4:39am
Early days of petrol (and gas) powered horseless carriages would have produced more than a few incidents while fueling etc. Once the basics were sorted they proved quite safe.

A gallon of petrol has way more energy than a bunch of lithium based cells.