Do Electric Car Batteries Explode. While this can actually happen it is very very unlikely. New technology can be a fascinating thing as we investigate the pros and cons of it.

KGO -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed the investigation into Tesla electric car battery fires after the company agreed to install more shields beneath. Possible causes for a battery to explode. Exploding car batteries send sulfuric acid and fragments of the battery case flying everywhere and these can cause injuries to anyone in the vicinity.
In the next 10 years millions of old electric car batteries will need to be recycled or discarded.
Therefore a new 40kWh battery in 2016 would have cost just shy of 10000. And have an inconvenient tendency to explode if disassembled incorrectly. Lead-acid batteries can explode during overcharge and gassing and when the percentage of hydrogen gas evolved exceeds 4 by volume. Safety range and costs.
