As electric vehicles become tightly coupled to public charging infrastructure and power systems, battery safety extends beyond individual vehicles. Public charging networks could evolve from energy dispensers into shared ‘safety outposts’ that provide infrastructure-level protection for electric vehicle batteries.
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This work was supported by the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (PolyU 15211225), the Key Research and Development Program of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China (2024BEE02003), and Photonics Research Institute Strategic Grant (P0050885).
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Guo, R., Tian, J., Mai, W. et al. Safeguarding electric vehicle batteries through public charging networks. Nat Rev Electr Eng (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44287-026-00293-8
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