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Is your Lithium-Ion Battery Unsafe?

Several manufacturers of notebook computers have had their notebook models recalled because of the possibility of a fire hazard in their batteries. A company called Valence Technology, Inc. says that it has a fundamentally different technology for manufacturing Lithium Ion batteries. Its website shows a conventional lithium-ion battery and the Valence Saphion(R) battery being struck by a small caliber bullet. The ordinary battery burns violently for 4 minutes. The Saphion battery absorbs the damage with no outward signs of fire or heat.

What does this mean for electric cars? Unless you want the protection offered by a first generation Ford Pinto, use NI-MH or Saphion batteries.


Valence - Safety Video