its quite daily mail.
i am not doubting that lipos can be dangerous. and have been fortunate that in the short time ive been racing that i havent seen a fire, and ive been using lipo batteries for work for years with no issue (as well as LiFe for 18 months).
but what the article doesnt mention is how any of the fire may have started. was there faulty wiring involved in the car fire? was a battery left unattended on charge overnight? depending on how your connectors are setup, there may not be any protection if something shorts out the terminals whilst you are charging, or when the cells are in the car and connected to the speedo. how old were the cells? had they previously been mistreated or the case modified?
almost anything i search for on google will have hundreds of thousands of hits, but how many of them are individual rather than repeating the same info / source?
and i have seen a lot of poor soldering on both battery and motor terminals which can cause problems if wires some loose.
im not questioning the safety of lipos, just pointing out that the article could use a bit more research.
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