The high-powered lithium-ion batteries used in Boeing's 787 Dreamliner planes have come under a harsh spotlight in recent weeks; a pair of battery-related fires have resulted in the grounding of fleets across the globe. Yet while Japanese investigators said this week that they are yet to find any factory-level problems with the batteries, SpaceX and Tesla Motors head Elon Musk — who competes with Boeing in commercial space ventures — believes that there is a more fundamental issue in play.
"It is simply a matter of time before there are more incidents."
"Unfortunately, the pack architecture supplied to Boeing is inherently unsafe," Musk told Flightglobal . "Large cells without enough space between them to isolate against the...
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