Battery fires are one of those subjects that make people sit up a bit straighter. We’ve all seen the videos: an e-bike battery smoking in a hallway, an e-scooter going up in flames, or the occasional scary headline about an electric car fire.
The reality is more balanced than the social media clips might suggest, especially when it comes to properly engineered electric cars from established manufacturers. But lithium-ion battery fires are a real and growing concern, particularly around cheaper, modified or poorly managed batteries in e-bikes and scooters.
