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Relevant news: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/one-dead-cargo-ship-fire-electric-car-suspected-source-dutch-coastguard-2023-07-26/ https://www.reuters.com/

• bzzzt 3y ago
  The bathtub curve says electronics fail more often early on in life or at the end of their lifespan. Maybe one of the vehicles had a bad battery? Probably those EV's are charged at the factory for testing, transport and to prevent the battery from draining. Possibly there's a way to prevent a fire in a single vehicle from spreading to the others. Maybe better compartmentalisation or starving the fire from oxygen. That will require a lot of retrofitting on those carriers though.
  • drbig 3y ago
    My initial thought was exactly the compartmentalization idea. Also, as far as I understand Lithium-based battery tech you can't really have/ship a "flat battery", it has to have some charge in order not to break down on itself. If that's the case then yeah, the simplest option "ship it without fuel, like an ICE car" goes out the window.