Battery Fires Haunt the Electric Car and Clean Power Revolution

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Even 30 years after lithium-ion batteries were first deployed, in camcorders, risks remain with manufacturing on a massive scale.

A Chevrolet Bolt recharging station in the garage of a home.Photographer: Caitlin O'Hara/Bloomberg

Batteries are here to stay. Global passenger EV sales may reach almost 5.6 million units in 2021, up about 83% from 2020, thanks to high sales of electric cars in China and Europe, BloombergNEF said in a report published last week. The global energy storage market is also on track to install 11 gigawatts by year end The U.S. will see the biggest growth through 2025, led by installations in California, Texas and the Southwest.

The Moss Landing energy storage facility in California is the world's largest battery energy storage system.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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By Dana Hull , Naureen Malik

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