Electric vehicle batteries are notorious for causing uncontrollable fires. Unfortunately, current battery management systems are unable to detect problems in time. Dutch start-up INNER has a solution: a CT machine the size of a battery pack that can do just that. 

About 5% of home fires in the Netherlands last year were caused by batteries of electric transportation, tools, tablets, phones or toys. That is almost double that of the year before. It underlines the risks that these batteries pose. This is especially the case for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, explains Mark Crocker, co-founder and Chief Operation Officer of INNER. ‘The key problem is that the batteries contain a lot of highly flammable chemicals and often come in big packs. Even if there is a small local problem, it can lead to a full-scale fire, which is incredibly difficult to put out.’