http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...unsafe-381627/
The problem for boeing is space is such a premium for them do they have the room to split the cells up?The lithium ion batteries installed on the Boeing 787 are inherently unsafe, says Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and owner of electric car maker Tesla.
"Unfortunately, the pack architecture supplied to Boeing is inherently unsafe," writes Musk in an email to Flightglobal.
"Large cells without enough space between them to isolate against the cell-to-cell thermal domino effect means it is simply a matter of time before there are more incidents of this nature," he adds.
Musk has tweeted before that he is talking with the lead design team of the 787, so I don't know if this is just political posturing in winning work, but either way, fascinating.


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although if you look at the photo`s , the fire wasn't contained within the battery or the battery box - it was working up the power lines! 
