Journalists yet to tell full story on EVs and lithium-ion batteries

Lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles are both their biggest plus and most dangerous threat – to owners and the environment.

ABC AM interviewed Catriona Lowe, deputy chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, last Thursday to discuss the fire risk of battery charging. She was speaking after an electric scooter exploded in a fireball at a backpacker hostel in Sydney last Wednesday.

Lowe called for a government consumer awareness…

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