16 Fisker Karmas Caught Fire During The Hurricane

Business Insider ^ | 10/31/12 | Alex Davies

[Teacher317]

Lithium batteries are found in laptops, cell phones, etc. They aren’t bombs-in-waiting

[BillM]

I guess you haven’t seen the videos of laptops going up in smoke. The problem is the batteries in cars are very large and have a lot of energy stored.

[hinckley buzzard]

Cute. Doesn't need the little arrow though. Unless you're blond yourself.

[Fresh Wind]

[Libloather]

Karmas are a bitch. (Was sure someone would’ve posted that one by now...)

[RatSlayer]

You might want to watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRKK6pliejs&feature=related

And imagine what’s it’s like if water gets inside an Li battery casing and the casing is trying to contain all the gas that is being rapidly generated.