Posted on 07/28/2023 11:22:39 AM PDT by george76
The massive roll-on, roll-off ship ablaze off the Dutch coast is transporting 500 electric vehicles. The ship's total cargo is around 3,800 vehicles, some of which are BMWs and Mercedes.
Shipping blog TradeWinds reported Japan's K Line is the operator of "Fremantle Highway." According to K Line's figures, there are 3,783 vehicles, of which 489 are EVs. Earlier estimates had the number of EVs at 25.
"The figure is far higher than first estimated and appears to raise the likelihood that a lithium-ion battery in an EV either caused the blaze in the 6,210-ceu Fremantle Highway (built 2013) or added to its severity," TradeWinds said.
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Dutch broadcaster RTL said emergency responders were heard saying, "The fire started in the battery of an electric car."
The fire broke out late Tuesday night on board the vessel. Coastguard officials said the fire "could still burn for days." The latest known position of the ship was off the northern Dutch coast
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When transporting electric cars powered by batteries - which when they catch fire can't be extinguished with water, or even by oxygen deprivation."
One significant risk for lithium-ion batteries is "thermal runaway" during a fire that is hard to extinguish and can spontaneously reignite. Yet another risk emerges as governments set decarbonization targets for the transportation sector/
(Excerpt) Read more at oilprice.com ...
No global warming there.
Earlier reports were that there were 200 electric cars. Now it’s up to 500. Give it a week and it will be up to 1,000.
Let it burn 🔥
I spoke with someone recently who related that local fire companies are doing just that when an EV is on fire by the roadside. Simpler and safer for all and doesn’t use up massive quantities of firefighting stuff in an attempt to extinguish.
Tow it out to a deep spot and let a submarine have a little target practice.
See tag.
I would imagine most insurance companies would love to see them banned, for any reason anyone can think of.
Couple in Florida has their house burned down by one.
Getting into a minor accident and they have to be totaled.
No one to fix them.
Takes 1000s of gallons of water to put out the fire. In Europe, apparently they drop them in specially designed dumpsters and fill it with water until it goes out.
California firefighters use 4,500 gallons of water to extinguish Tesla fire that kept reigniting ... https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2022/06/23/tesla-fire-california-reignites/7709296001/
“The EVs are working through early problems.”
The LI batteries are high in energy density, meaning if the energy of a modest-sized battery is discharged suddenly you’ll get a nasty fire or explosion. There’s no escaping that.
The LI batteries need intelligence built into them to prevent conditions that can cause explosive discharge. Kinda scary with big batteries.
I have a few tools with LI batteries. No problems. I like them. If I wanted to waste some money I’d short one out and see what happens. Actually, the intelligence within the battery would probably recognize that and shut it off.
Car carrying ships will need ejection ports to dump the electric vehicles overboard if they catch fire.
How much CO2 is being released Yawn Kerry?
This is true. Many fire departments protocol is to clear the area of an electric vehicle fire to prevent the spread and then let it burn itself out under as much control as they can reasonably execute. I believe there are some toxic fumes associated with lithium, zinc, aluminum, plastic, carbon fiber resin and rubber burning. So there is that. It's a hell of a mess to clean up.
Let the ship burn and sink. It's a gonner once those batteries start chain reaction ignition.
Too bad it’s not all the EV’s.
Time to play that hit disco song of the ‘70s, (burn, baby, burn) “Disco Inferno,” by The Trammps.
Ok which is it: That car carriers didn’t used to burst into flame all the time or: It happened all the time but wasn’t t reported?
Right in GRETA’s backyard-—— :) :)
There are going to be sunken shipwrecks burning for years at the bottom of the oceans.
Didn’t this happen before in the MED or crossing the Atlantic maybe 2-3 years ago?
To make up for the shortfall of EVs, the Congolese Children Colbolt miners will have to work twice as hard.
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