Believe it's the battery short and discharge that starts the heat and fire. And to prevent damaging the batteries they ship them 50% charged
Newer electric cars are LiFePo and don't catch fire and are less dangerous
Newer electric cars are LiFePo and don't catch fire and are less dangerous
I don't know enough about the "Blade" battery chemistry but early info I have seen seems to indicate a very high level of safety as well, more so than current LiFePO4 setups.
Well if you watch YouTube most nail puncher tests of LFP don't catch fire. There is one video were someone hammers two holes in the battery and it catches fire