Engineers Built a Car Battery That Launches Itself During a Fire. The Footage Is Unreal. The system is designed to eject the battery away from the vehicle following any signs of thermal runaway—fancy science speak for spontaneous combustion.

I'd hate to be the car in the next lane or a pedestrian/bicyclist at the side of the road when this spits a burning ball of Li ion battery in my direction. #OMFG #thinkitthrough #epicfail #unintendconsequences

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