So Toyota is going to use Lithium Ion Batteries in future Prius. "The system replaces the existing Prius battery with an advancedlithium ion battery and can be charged at home using a standarddomestic power socket."This is the same type of battery that explodes because too much poweris packed inside in a laptop. Imagine your Prius exploding like that.Dell: Laptop Batteries RecallWorld?s largest PC maker recalls more than 4 million notebookbatteries.August 14, 2006In the largest recall in the history of the U.S. consumer electronicsindustry, Dell said Monday it is voluntarily recalling 4.1 millionnotebook computer batteries. The move comes after reports that anumber of Dell laptops have burst into flames. The news sent Dell shares down 1.41 percent to $20.94 in after-hourstrading, even as Dell said in a statement that the recall would nothave a ?material adverse effect? on its finances. The recall comes at a bad time for the Round Rock, Texas, computermaker. The company?s shares have fallen 42 percent to $21.24 from$36.64 over the past year as it fights off fresh competition fromrivals Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo. Meanwhile, reports of Dell laptops bursting into flames have doggedthe company. In July, firefighters were called after a laptop burstinto flames at the offices of Tetra Pak in Vernon Hills, Illinois.Photos of a Dell laptop bursting into flames at a conference in Osaka,Japan, in June were widely circulated on the Internet. Dell has had a number of very highly visible stories, and I think thatplayed significantly into them taking proactive action,? said CrawfordDel Prete, senior vice president for research at IDC. However, manufacturers of everything from laptops to cell phones andMP3 players could be vulnerable to similar incidents. One of the byproducts of doing the AC to DC conversion and chargingbatteries is heat, and a lot of heat is dissipated and these systemsare getting smaller and smaller and smaller,? Del Prete said. ?Theheat has to go somewhere.?...

There is nothing at the link you provide that says Toyota is going to use lithium ion batteries. You trolls are very poorly informed.

Will future Prius explode like a Dell laptop Lithium Ion battery? YES

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OscartheGrouch 19 years ago

Nobody said "come to alt, autos.toyota.prius and start a retardfest."

Remember the good old days when this was just a place to exchange facts and observations about our Priuses. How'd we attract this moronic piece o' sheit? I think the best medicine is "don't feed the trolls" and they'll go away. Oops, guess I just did it myself. No more.

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Jim Higgins 19 years ago

Must be Mike Hunter under another nym.

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crystal 19 years ago

It's fun to make the anti-troll police fairies dance.

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crystal 19 years ago

Hey, Higgins. Magnum says quit bogarting the lube. LOL

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