ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: Batteries in electric vehicles can fail quickly, sometimes catching fire without much warning. Sandia National Laboratories is working to detect these failures early and provide sufficient warning time to vehicle occupants. While electric vehicles have systems to detect performance issues with lithium-ion batteries, these systems are not focused on imminent safety  more