News / Hyundai deploys fire-fighting tech to combat risk from lithium batteries

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Hyundai Glovis has designed a device for its car-carrier fleet to suppress fires that break out during the shipping of cars, particularly electric vehicles.

Should an EV burst into flames, once deployed the EV Drill Lance drills a hole from the bottom of the vehicle directly to the battery pack and sprays water to extinguish the flames.

Such fires have been in the headlines after several high-profile incidents, mainly involving EVs and their lithium-ion batteries, which can overheat.

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