Felicity Ace fire: 64k question, were these electric cars

car news ^ | 16feb22 | DEVILS TOWER

[Devils_Tower]

Auto cargo ship fire, Felicity Ace

[Devils_Tower]

Were these EVs....

Anybody know?

[algore]

I doubt it. they were VW and Porsche automobiles

Even if there were some electric Porsche cars, they would have been shipped with a low battery charge to prevent the risk of fire.

[mewzilla]

https://jalopnik.com/cargo-ship-full-of-european-cars-left-to-burn-in-the-at-1848553606

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a39123584/cargo-ship-porsche-vw-fire-atlantic/

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/portuguese-navy-launches-effort-to-rescue-crew-of-burning-ro-ro

The last paragraph of that last article is especially interesting.

[ETCM]

189 Bentlys on board. Ouch.

Both Porche and VW make EVs so it’s possible, but fires were destroying ships long before electricity was even discovered...

[Yo-Yo]

I doubt it. they were VW and Porsche automobiles

VW does make the immensely popular ID.4 EV.

[Noumenon]

How do you like your Bently? Smoked, rare or well done?

[texas booster]

In the past, insurers and class societies have voiced concern over the risk of fires on ro-ro vessels. Across all ro/pax and ro/ro classes, reefer truck fires and cargo shifts are among the leading culprits, according to a 2016 study by DNV. Car electrical system fires have also sparked large conflagrations in the past. The cause of the Felicity Ace fire is not currently known.

Another article points out that VW lost a lot of cars on a ro/ro in 2019.

Even if the batteries are most discharged, they are still slightly charged, to quote TPB.

[Carriage Hill]

Porsche has a EV:

https://www.caranddriver.com/2020-porsche-taycan-ev/

[gibsonguy]

The longer it goes the more likely it is EV’s

[bravo whiskey]

I have informed my frau her birthday present is adrift and on fire in the Atlantic. she is somewhat sceptical.

[minnesota_bound]

I guess I will have to wait now that my new Porsche has burned up.

[moovova]

I better get my deposit back.

[algore]

Don’t overlook the possibility of Ins Fraud

Yeah I know, it is pretty unlikely.

the Volkswagon group would never try to commit fraud

[moovova]

True. VW fiddled with their diesel engine fuel mileage numbers, didn’t they?

[nascarnation]

There’s so much demand for new cars right now it’s not like the mfgrs would want to dump inventory. A lot of stuff is selling at a premium. So if this is done on purpose they are really screwing their dealers.