Xiaomi CEO drops watermelon from 6th floor to demonstrate SU7 Ultra battery safety

I mean, cut the melon open after that, it’ll be liquid. It’s not just punctures that cause lithium batteries to explode, crushing and bending can be just as bad, no coating is gonna save it from being crushed.

That a reason to not coat batteries? ‘Course not, but the “demo” is kind of disingenuous.