A fire in the battery of a hybrid electric vehicle forced the evacuation of several dozen homes in Ojai on Saturday.

One of the biggest clean-up challenges from the Southern California fires is lithium-ion batteries, which can explode after ...

Growth in EV sales continue to slide, but consumer appetite for hybrids has increased. Range anxiety has been one factor ...

Battery fires and toxic gases can pose risks and further complicate cleanup efforts after a wildfire, presenting new ...

A spokesperson for the fire department told Lead Stories the claim is false. The department's single electric fire engine was ...

An electric vehicle caught fire in Ojai on Saturday, prompting evacuation and shelter-in-place orders in a nearby residential ...

Firefighters in LA had to take special precautions around electric vehicles abandoned in the evacuation, and now those same ...

A lithium fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant on Thursday night ... Experts have said they will become more prevalent as the demand for electric vehicles and machinery increases. Lithium is a soft, ...

The plan to open a site to process Eaton fire debris near foothill communities has prompted swift backlash from San Gabriel ...

As per analytics firm StrategicRisk, when lithium-ion batteries burn they release “hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen chloride and ...

The battery electric compact crossover sports utility vehicle (SUV) has a seating capacity of five. A passerby named Zhang ...

The fires have turned some electric car batteries and household items into "unexploded ordnances," says an EPA official ...