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MengerSpongeyesterday at 11:28 PM1 replyview on HN

> Such temperatures cannot be reached in normal conditions

Thank you for the reasonable chuckle I got from this understatement of the day.


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adrian_btoday at 12:36 AM

By normal conditions I mean charging and discharging and even overcharging if the controller is defective.

Burning the battery is something that I define as not normal conditions.

Many plastics produce toxic fumes when burnt and many such plastics may be used in a car. Burning the battery is not the greatest risk of toxic fumes during a fire. If the fire is intense enough, any released cyanide might also be burned.

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