Another sacrifice on the alter of Bright Green lies.
One dead in cargo ship fire, electric car suspected source, Dutch coastguard says
The crew had tried,
but failed, to extinguish the fire, the coastguard statement said
The Panama-registered Fremantle Highway was transporting 2,857 cars from Germany to Egypt, 25 of them electric.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/on ... 023-07-26/Well the crew who fought, and failed, to put out the fire would have told the coast guard of their efforts so we can assume the purported cause is accurate.
Here is an interesting page. A List of roll-on/roll-off vessel accidents dating back to 1953. For nearly all the period up till today the causes are typically "Capsized by Typhoon"; Caught in Cyclone, ran aground, Collision. In 2014 the trend changes; Caught fire, Caught fire, Caught fire while docked, 2023-cargo fire. Nearly all losses are due to fire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_r ... _accidents Of course LiPO battery malfunctions are not credited as the cause for all of these but it's undeniable they post the major risk. Even when just sitting idle on a ship. How many gasoline powered cars have burst into flames in the middle of the night and burnt the owner's house down?
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WOW. I gotta have one. At any cost!