Luxury car transporter ablaze

[HocusPocus]

This is going to expensive, but no lives lost.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60429584

[AlexIT]

Bad day today:
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/02/18/fire...

[Condi]

AlexIT said:

Bad day today:
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/02/18/fire...

Apparently the batteries have caught fire and it's proving to be a real problem to extinguish. Wonder how that will affect future shipments, if the risk of EV vs petrol/diesel models is considered to be higher.

[robemcdonald]

Condi said:

AlexIT said:

Bad day today:
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/02/18/fire...

Apparently the batteries have caught fire and it's proving to be a real problem to extinguish. Wonder how that will affect future shipments, if the risk of EV vs petrol/diesel models is considered to be higher.

Agreed. We should definitely use that state of the art ferry as an indicator of what will happen to all the EVs on the road.

That said I’m quite sure I remember reading somewhere that old fashioned ICE cars do use some flammable materials in order to correctly operate.

[Condi]

robemcdonald said:

Agreed. We should definitely use that state of the art ferry as an indicator of what will happen to all the EVs on the road.

That said I’m quite sure I remember reading somewhere that old fashioned ICE cars do use some flammable materials in order to correctly operate.

Odd response. Nothing to do with EVs on the road, but more to do with putting 1000's of them in a fairly small space which rocks about on the sea. See where I used the word "shipments" to indicate as such.

[oobster]

The ship sank this morning so the reason for the fire starting may possibly remain a mystery.

[Condi]

3.5km down, that's not being salvaged.

[anonymous-user]

oobster said:

The ship sank this morning so the reason for the fire starting may possibly remain a mystery.