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title: Battery experts warn electric car fires will increase unless decades-old technology is improved - Daily Mail
description: Battery experts have sounded the alarm on a rise in the number of electric car fires, predicting there could be 25,000 instances per year by 2030.
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# [Battery experts warn electric car fires will increase unless decades-old technology is improved - Daily Mail](https://24-m.com/in-the-news/battery-experts-warn-electric-car-fires-will-increase-unless-decades-old-technology-is-improved-daily-mail)

 Written by [Daily Mail](https://24-m.com/in-the-news/author/daily-mail) | 05/08/2025

Battery experts have sounded the alarm on a rise in the number of electric car fires, predicting there could be 25,000 instances per year by 2030.

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