EV Startup Canoo Has Second Battery Fire in Preproduction Tests

A trailer at Canoo Inc.’s Torrance, California, office burned on July 8 after lithium-ion cells caught fire during testing, marking the second battery fire at the electric-vehicle startup’s site in the past year.

No injuries were reported but one employee “sought assessment for smoke inhalation at the direction of the management and transported themselves in private vehicle to an urgent care,” according to an incident report from the local fire department, which Bloomberg News obtained through a records request.