INL is performing an investigative teardown of actual flood-damaged EV battery packs, e.g., EVs damaged during Hurricane Ian in Florida which could…
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
June 21, 2023
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INL is performing an investigative teardown of actual flood-damaged EV battery packs, e.g., EVs damaged during Hurricane Ian in Florida which could provide essential insights on better understanding the root cause of battery fire and offer guidelines and pathways to handle the suspected EV/battery packs safely. As a follow-up work of the investigative teardown, INL will perform up to 10 full-scale EV immersion tests in a controlled manner with appropriate instrumentation to better understand how different water immersion scenarios affect battery packs' safety in electric vehicles.