California wildfire cleanup is complicated by highly combustible lithium-ion batteries found in electric and hybrid vehicles popular in Los Angeles County.

The lithium-ion batteries in a 2025 Tesla Model Y complicated first responders’ efforts to save a person involved in a fiery electrical vehicle crash, officials in Torrance announced Wednesday. The single-vehicle collision,

What authorities described as one of the largest lithium-ion battery cleanups ever is underway in Los Angeles County neighborhoods destroyed by the Eaton and Palisades fires.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company will roll out a fleet of autonomous vehicles that will operate as taxis with no driver behind the wheel in Austin, Texas, in June. Hmmm, where have we heard that before?

The Palisades fire wreaked significant havoc on the nearby city of Malibu. In an interview, Mayor Doug Stewart said that the state has taken charge of debris removal efforts, praising its effective management of the cleanup after the 2018 Woolsey fire, but the process of building back is a long one.

A Tesla Cybertruck owner is speaking out after their vehicle was vandalized overnight in Redwood City. Tesla cameras captured a man in a hoodie walking on a crosswalk in downtown before glancing at a white Tesla. Then the man takes out a spray can and writes the word "Nazi" on the Cybertruck in front of the white vehicle.

As the smoke clears from devastating Los Angeles wildfires, efforts to clean up the affected areas are being complicated by burnt-out electric and hybrid vehicles and home-battery storage systems. Lithium batteries from Tesla Inc., along with those from ...

INSURANCE PAYOUT: Insurance companies have already paid out $4.2 billion in claims related to the Palisades and Eaton fires, according to California’s Insurance Department. That covers only payments intended for immediate assistance, like rental housing, and not yet the cost of debris removal and rebuilding.

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Executive orders and announcements by President Trump have put billions of dollars in U.S. climate commitments into question.

Lithium-ion batteries are making up a significant portion of these dangerous items - and the EPA worries they may explode or reignite.

Officers tried to get into the vehicle to save the driver, but "due to the intensity of the flames and heat, they were unable to rescue the occupant," the department said.