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| November 30, 2011,
Chevy Volt Fires: The details of three recorded Chevy Volt fires
provides understanding of the mishaps. One was in a garage with no
cause determined. The second, again in a garage with no cause
determined and the third, weeks after crash testing, possibly due to
coolant system leaks. The fires have the attention of GM, builder
of the Volt. Brian Fuller in Design News: "Chevy Volt Battery Fires Arouse Investigations" http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&doc_id=236254&print=yes April 4, 2011, The cause of the crash of a UPS cargo 747 at the Dubai International Airport on September 3, 2010 was preliminarily updated. It states that the onboad fire could be caused by "many" onboard shipments of Lithium batteries ( not specifically identified as Lithium-ion.) The two pilots, Captain Doug Lampe of Louisville, Kentucky, 48, and First Officer Mathew Bell of Stanford, Florida, 38. were killed in the crash. Josie Garthwaite in Gigaom: " Lithium Ion Batteries Faulted for Jet Crash," http://gigaom.com/cleantech/lithium-ion-batteries-faulted-for-jet-crash/ Meanwhile, Islamic claim of responsibility for the crash was reported by: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/11/islamic-supremacists-claim-responsibility-for-ups-plane-crash-and-mail-bomb-plot.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576241563707603894.html
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