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Lithium Ion car battery explodes during test, sends GM employee to the hospital and gives black eye to electric car industry

Luca Colonnese

April 13, 2012

This one is straight out of the “what could go wrong?” chapter in the automotive world. An electric-car battery undergoing tests at a Warren, Mich., research center exploded, sending an employee to the hospital. The accident happened around 9AM on Wednesday morning at the Warren Michigan General Motors testing...