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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
Hate to to telll you but lifepo4 uses a flammable organic solvent as part of the electrolyte. Charge them to more than 4.2v and they vent that solvent. Can be exciting.
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I'm no expert, but they are marketed as "non-flammable." Seeing how their maximum voltage is 3.6V, far away from +4.2V, they seem to me to be safer than not only your typical nickel maganese cobalt type lithium ion batteries but even gasoline. If you have a car fire, you'd be better off with an EV with LiFePO4 batteries than just about anything else.
How many LiFePO4 Teslas have caught on fire? How does that compare to other EV's that have caught on fire?