EV apparently caught fire on ship

G30M · 07-27-2023, 06:54 AM

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ught-fire.html

Race to salvage sinking cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles including 350 Mercedes as it burns out of control in North Sea after fire 'caused by electric car'

Car-Addicted · 07-27-2023, 06:57 AM

The EV boys will be by soon to tell you it didn't happen.

Efthreeoh · 07-27-2023, 07:41 AM

Is it Tweety Bird who says

"Oh no, nottadain" ?

Murf the Surf · 07-27-2023, 08:13 AM

How many times will this happen before new rules about EV's being transported are brought in?

Car-Addicted · 07-27-2023, 08:44 AM

If an EV catches fire and sinks a cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles and the main stream news doesn't cover it, did it really happen?

billnchristy · 07-27-2023, 09:00 AM

I watched this yesterday on what's going on with shipping channel on youtube. I was afraid it was a BMW but I guess it was a Mercedes. The last port call was Germany before the fire so the chances are good.

spiceyxi · 07-27-2023, 10:42 AM

Do we have a running list of this happening? I remember a similar issue a few months ago.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...ace-ship-fire/

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G30M Major General 5468 Rep 5,204 Posts Drives: M550i; retired - M340i Join Date: Dec 2021 Location: Australasia iTrader: (0)	EV apparently caught fire on ship https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ught-fire.html Race to salvage sinking cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles including 350 Mercedes as it burns out of control in North Sea after fire 'caused by electric car'
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Car-Addicted Colonel 8227 Rep 2,377 Posts Drives: 2020 BMW M4 CS Join Date: Jun 2023 Location: Central PA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2020 BMW M4 CS [9.91]	The EV boys will be by soon to tell you it didn't happen.
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Efthreeoh General 19426 Rep 19,835 Posts Drives: The E90 + Z4 Coupe & Z3 R'ster Join Date: May 2012 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	Is it Tweety Bird who says "Oh no, nottadain" ? __________________ A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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Murf the Surf Captain 21904 Rep 632 Posts Drives: Porsche 993 Join Date: Mar 2022 Location: Port Carling, Muskoka iTrader: (0)	How many times will this happen before new rules about EV's being transported are brought in?
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spiceyxi Second Lieutenant 92 Rep 210 Posts Drives: '08 528i, '06 Z4C & '13 135i Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Orange County, CA iTrader: (0)	Do we have a running list of this happening? I remember a similar issue a few months ago. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...ace-ship-fire/
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