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What’s the environmental damage, as in fumes or air pollution and/or this water seeping into ground, from an EV battery fire?

Has it been studied or researched?



This study looked at water contamination:

https://www.ri.se/sites/default/files/2020-12/FRIC%20D1.2-20...

> Environmental impacts - electrical vehicles

> • Water analyses of selected metals relevant for batteries in electric vehicles did not show any lithium, and only low concentrations of cobalt.

> • This indicates that batteries in electric vehicles did not contribute to pollution of nearby water resources.




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