Electric Vehicles Likely To Blame For Sinking Cargo Ship

[Mesa50]

Ship carrying luxury cars sinks near Azores Islands after burning for weeks

Authorities fear that thousands of tons of fuel carried onboard could leak and pollute the ocean

www.theguardian.com

 

[Julian]

Per the article:

"The ship was transporting electric and non-electric vehicles, according to Portuguese authorities. Suspicion on what started the fire on 16 February has fallen on lithium batteries used in electric vehicles, though authorities say they have no firm evidence about the cause"​

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No article I've read says that they know the cause of the fire, and likely never will.

 

[Mesa50]

You can almost guarantee that if an electric vehicle caused the sinking, the reported cause will remain unknown. I’m sure that a quick interview with the first firefighter on scene and would be quite insightful, but it’s doubtful it will happen. It’s like our modern news on crimes…. “A person entered a convenience store, and robbed the owner at gun point”. A little description might help us find the culprit, but we can’t offend anyone male female, or otherwise. The electric vehicle is hinted, but not blamed. Often, it’s the lack of information, and refusal to deny that tells the story.

 

[Julian]

You can almost guarantee that if an electric vehicle caused the sinking, the reported cause will remain unknown. I’m sure that a quick interview with the first firefighter on scene and would be quite insightful, but it’s doubtful it will happen. It’s like our modern news on crimes…. “A person entered a convenience store, and robbed the owner at gun point”. A little description might help us find the culprit, but we can’t offend anyone male female, or otherwise. The electric vehicle is hinted, but not blamed. Often, it’s the lack of information, and refusal to deny that tells the story.

I'm pretty sure with as much of an insurance claim on the line, and a major ship loss that the entire crew will be carefully interviewed by transportation investigators and more.

Now can a crew member ID in billowing smoke what model of car is on fire and is it an ID4 or an Atlas etc. Depends on how soon after the fire started that they made it to the scene and if anyone paid any attention to the model car on fire vs focusing on fire fighting.

 

[TimW451]

If there is no evidence, and never will be, one can pretty much say anything they want.

I think someone left their curling iron on.

 

[marcham]

Even fossil fuelled cars now use Lithium starter Batteries ...

 

[zipper]

Been following this since 2/18/22.

https://jetboaters.net/threads/show-us-what-you-see.4515/page-537#post-590628

https://jetboaters.net/threads/funny-crazy-weird-things-you-see-posted-on-facebook-no-politics-or-controversial-topics-please.31968/page-5#post-590230

 

[BlkGS]

Even fossil fuelled cars now use Lithium starter Batteries ...

Only in rare situations. Most cars still use lead acid batteries. Lithium batteries are suuuper expensive for that. Looked at them for the race car.. Not worth the cost for the weight to me.

 

[haknslash]

Being in fire protection and manufacturing industry lithium ion fires are at the front of our minds. We are actively trying to get ahead of the big boom of them but man I tell ya the fire testing are no joke at work with them. They get into a runaway condition and it’s over. We are focusing on detection first and foremost then will worry with putting them out efficiently. Life over property. While the batteries are great for their uses, they have some serious issues once they get into a thermal runaway condition. Hopefully the next battery tech will address some of these trade-off’s better than lithium ion.

 

[zipper]

Ship carrying 4,000 luxury cars sinks in Atlantic after fire - Marine Industry News

After burning for almost two weeks, the abandoned cargo ship holding around US$401m worth of supercars has sunk off the Azores Islands.

marineindustrynews.co.uk

 

[Neutron]

Ship carrying 4,000 luxury cars sinks in Atlantic after fire - Marine Industry News

After burning for almost two weeks, the abandoned cargo ship holding around US$401m worth of supercars has sunk off the Azores Islands.

marineindustrynews.co.uk

Awwww those poor Super Rich will have to wait for their shiny new supercar! My heart is hurting for them.

 

[adrianp89]

Awwww those poor Super Rich will have to wait for their shiny new supercar! My heart is hurting for them.

I'm sure people would say the same if your boat you were waiting for was on that vessel.

 

[2kwik4u]

Awwww those poor Super Rich will have to wait for their shiny new supercar! My heart is hurting for them.

Know a couple of people on the Audi forums had cars on that boat. Sucks.