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Originally Posted by JSH
Round cells don't fix the problem and the fact that you need many more round cells for a battery pack increases the risk of a defective cell. Tesla has it's own share of battery fires as recently as 2020.
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Yes, but the void space is filled with cooling fluid which may prevent a single cell failure from causing its neighbor to ignite. Just a theory anyhow.
How many tesla fires have been spontaneous rather than a result of crash? Of course we need to keep in mind there are many more Teslas in the wild than Chevy EVs, so the fires per 10,000 units are much higher for GMs EVs.
I was very critical of Tesla's decision to go cylindrical as well, but now I'm not so sure. Their larger format ones may end up being a good "all things considered" approach.