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I am asking C.A.R.B. to start tracking the number of, and emissions
from, lithium and car battery fires. Also, please create a public
dashboard for that data as a matter of transparency. 

With the push for Electric Vehicles and Active Transportation, we
need to assess and count the risk -- not simply look at the
benefits alone. 

In New York City, four people were recently killed when a fire
broke out in an e-bike shop. In my local region, the problem of
battery fires has become so pronounced that the San Diego Reader
ran an article in May titled, 'When Will San Diego's Lithium-ion
Fires Stop?"

After a Tesla caught fire after a crash in Houston, it took 28,000
gallons of water to extinguish it. One Fire Chief even likened it
to "a trick birthday candle."

Please implement a protocol to start tracking these fires, and the
toxic emissions that contribute to diminished air quality in
Southern California.

Respectfully,

Mary Davis
Alpine, CA (San Diego)