Tag: lithium-ion battery
Lawsuit Claims Exploding Phone Battery Ended Basketball Career
A lawsuit was filed by a man who claims that an exploding LG phone battery caused injuries that ended his basketball career.
AmazonBasics Battery Packs Recalled for Fire Hazard
Amazon, of Seattle, Washington, is recalling about 260,000 AmazonBasics portable power banks due to a possible fire hazard.
HP Expands Massive Laptop Battery Recall for Fire Hazard
HP is recalling more laptop batteries that can overheat and catch on fire, adding to a decade-long list involving over 500,000 batteries and 125 incidents since 2005.
Toshiba Recalls Laptop Batteries Due to Fire Hazard
Toshiba is expanding a recall to include about 200,000 lithium-ion laptop batteries because they can overheat and catch on fire, posing burn injury hazards to consumers.
FDA Will Investigate E-Cig Battery Explosion Risk
There have been over 200 reports of e-cigarettes exploding when the lithium-ion batteries overheated. Just days ago, video cameras caught one exploding in the pocket of a man on a bus in California.