Originally Posted by
sherwood
there are hundreds of crash tests performed each year, don't these crash tests basically say "this is what will happen when this happens..."
of course this is model specific, but cars are more complex then batteries, all batteries are primarily the same thing, they use most of the same components, if not very, very similar ones.
A lot of people don't know how violent an chain-reaction can occur in a battery pack,, they might try to do something just to have cell #2 explode in their face.
basically kind of like how
some people see their car steaming from the radiator so they open the cap to try to put water in it