WIPP still studying fire safety hazards of lithium-battery electric vehicles, DNFSB says

The Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., continues to study fire safety and other potential hazards that might arise from use of electric vehicles powered by big lithium-ion batteries, a federal safety panel said this month.
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