(KRON) — A thermal runaway at an Archer Aviation facility in San Jose injured three people Tuesday morning, according to a report from the company to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. Approximately 100 people were evacuated during the event, Archer Aviation stated.
The incident occurred just before 10:30 a.m. at the electric aerospace company’s facility located at 77 Rio Robles. In its report, Archer said the thermal runaway involved 30 individual Molicel batteries and was “due to an employee error.” Molicel, a battery cell manufacturer, describes a thermal runaway as “a dangerous chain reaction in lithium batteries, causing the battery to overheat, potentially fail, catch fire, or even explode.”…