The flammability of Lithium ion batteries is the one issue we "might have to learn to live with" for electric cars. We can try to minimize the risk of it happe

The flammability of Lithium ion batteries is the one issue we "might have to learn to live with" for electric cars. We can try to minimize the risk of it happening in the first place, and Tesla's cars do currently give the occupant ample warning to get out of the car before it's fully engulfed in flames. But it's an inevitable fact of chemistry that lithium wants really wants to burn. Maybe Tesla could work on segmenting the battery pack, so if one module does catch on fire, it can be ejected from the car (somehow) before the other packs catch fire too.