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In 2006, for example, a large number of Sony Lithium-Ion batteries had manufacturing defects, which spurred a massive recall. With serious overheating or physical damage, there is the possibility that a battery can explode and catch fire. Lithium-ion batteries in laptop computers store a large amount of energy, so they have the possibility of producing dangerous explosions.

This was written on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at 7:43 am.