What They Don’t Tell You About Electric Vehicles

[Anonymous]

I don't know anybody that owns an electric car. I would never own one as long as I live in Winnipeg.

We're not interested in electric vehicles.

[cc]

If that burning ship full of electric cars  goes down (with crew removed and watching) the environmental sea damage will be humongous



I "think" the burning will continue till complete even underwater  .. open to being contradicted on that

[Anonymous]

If that burning ship full of electric cars  goes down (with crew removed and watching) the environmental sea damage will be humongous



I "think" the burning will continue till complete even underwater  .. open to being contradicted on that

Yes, it will.

[Anonymous]

If that burning ship full of electric cars  goes down (with crew removed and watching) the environmental sea damage will be humongous



I "think" the burning will continue till complete even underwater  .. open to being contradicted on that

Prog media will barely cover it even though it is a hell of a lot worse environmentally than an offshore rig's BOP stack not being shut in on time and causing a pressurized blowout.

[cc]

True. They are spinning their wheels off at this moment



UPDATE 1 Hour ago



Currently is is still burning top toward bottom with flames getting lower and lower in the ship



There is talk firefighting ships are on the way, but look at the pic - What can they do to slow it down? No amount of water will put out burning batteries .. best it can do is cool the outsides of the ship a bit in a fight to keep it afloat



https://www.maritime-executive.com/media/images/article/Photos/Wreckage_Salvage/felicity-ace-20-feb-portuguese-navy.6eb5b4.jpg">

[Anonymous]

True. They are spinning their wheels off at this moment



UPDATE 1 Hour ago



Currently is is still burning top toward bottom with flames getting lower and lower in the ship



There is talk firefighting ships are on the way, but look at the pic - What can they do to slow it down? No amount of water will put out burning batteries .. best it can do is cool the outsides of the ship a bit in a fight to keep it afloat



https://www.maritime-executive.com/media/images/article/Photos/Wreckage_Salvage/felicity-ace-20-feb-portuguese-navy.6eb5b4.jpg">

cc, Global Calgary didn't even mention this.

[cc]

Ya. It's not what PC wants  .. Bad stuff about electric they just want to go away



I forgot to link above https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/car-carrier-felicity-ace-continues-to-burn">https://www.maritime-executive.com/arti ... es-to-burn">https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/car-carrier-felicity-ace-continues-to-burn

[Anonymous]

Ya. It's not what PC wants  .. Bad stuff about electric they just want to go away



I forgot to link above https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/car-carrier-felicity-ace-continues-to-burn">https://www.maritime-executive.com/arti ... es-to-burn">https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/car-carrier-felicity-ace-continues-to-burn

Thank you for the link cc.

[Zetsu]

Look at this.

 

EV batteries could complicate recovery of burning cargo ship with thousands of cars

The ship contains thousands of Audis, Porsches, Lamborghinis, and Bentleys



A bunch of burning lithium-ion batteries could complicate the recovery of the massive, abandoned cargo ship in the Atlantic Ocean containing thousands of Porsches, Volkswagens, Bentleys, and Lamborghinis.



The batteries of an unknown number of electric vehicles have caught fire aboard the ship, captain Joao Mendes Cabecas of the port of Hortas, which is the nearest port to the ship's location, told Reuters. It's unclear at this time whether the batteries are what sparked the fire. Experts in putting out battery fires will be needed to extinguish the blaze.



"The ship is burning from one end to the other... everything is on fire about five meters above the water line," Reuters quotes Cabeças saying.



"The ship is burning from one end to the other... everything is on fire about five meters above the water line," Reuters quotes Cabeças saying.



The Felicity Ace was heading from Germany to a port in Rhode Island when it issued distress signals Wednesday morning, reporting a fire in one of its cargo decks. All 22 crew members were successfully evacuated and did not need medical attention, according to a statement by the Portuguese Navy.



The owner of the vessel is now developing a plan to recover the abandoned ship. Towing boats are en route from Gibraltar and the Netherlands and are expected to arrive at the ship's location next week.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/18/22940790/cargo-ship-fire-vw-porsche-lamborghini-ev-battery">https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/18/2294 ... ev-battery">https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/18/22940790/cargo-ship-fire-vw-porsche-lamborghini-ev-battery

It makes me wonder is this caused by VW's new EVs.

[Anonymous]

Look at this.

 

EV batteries could complicate recovery of burning cargo ship with thousands of cars

The ship contains thousands of Audis, Porsches, Lamborghinis, and Bentleys



A bunch of burning lithium-ion batteries could complicate the recovery of the massive, abandoned cargo ship in the Atlantic Ocean containing thousands of Porsches, Volkswagens, Bentleys, and Lamborghinis.



The batteries of an unknown number of electric vehicles have caught fire aboard the ship, captain Joao Mendes Cabecas of the port of Hortas, which is the nearest port to the ship's location, told Reuters. It's unclear at this time whether the batteries are what sparked the fire. Experts in putting out battery fires will be needed to extinguish the blaze.



"The ship is burning from one end to the other... everything is on fire about five meters above the water line," Reuters quotes Cabeças saying.



"The ship is burning from one end to the other... everything is on fire about five meters above the water line," Reuters quotes Cabeças saying.



The Felicity Ace was heading from Germany to a port in Rhode Island when it issued distress signals Wednesday morning, reporting a fire in one of its cargo decks. All 22 crew members were successfully evacuated and did not need medical attention, according to a statement by the Portuguese Navy.



The owner of the vessel is now developing a plan to recover the abandoned ship. Towing boats are en route from Gibraltar and the Netherlands and are expected to arrive at the ship's location next week.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/18/22940790/cargo-ship-fire-vw-porsche-lamborghini-ev-battery">https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/18/2294 ... ev-battery">https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/18/22940790/cargo-ship-fire-vw-porsche-lamborghini-ev-battery

It makes me wonder is this caused by VW's new EVs.

It's all EVs. All I got to say about that is ac_toofunny  ac_lmfao  

[Frood]

Yes, have posted some myself on fire & unable to put out  .. as have others



Further:



"The fire spread further down," he said, explaining that teams could only tackle the fire from outside by cooling down the ship's structure as it was too dangerous to go on board.



They also cannot use water because adding weight to the ship could make it more unstable, and traditional water extinguishers do not stop lithium-ion batteries from burning, Cabeças said.

Electric vehicle fires seem very difficult to extringuish.

A forklift I saw in a warehouse shorted out and went up in flames. Took 45 minutes to stop the burn.

[Bricktop]

Electric vehicle fires seem very difficult to extringuish.

Can't use water, for obvious reasons. Have to use a dry powder extinguisher.

[Frood]

In the instance I pointed out, about a dozen of them.

[Anonymous]

Electric vehicle fires seem very difficult to extringuish.

Can't use water, for obvious reasons. Have to use a dry powder extinguisher.

And even with that it seems to take longer to extinguish battery fires.

[Zetsu]

Look at this.

 

EV batteries could complicate recovery of burning cargo ship with thousands of cars

The ship contains thousands of Audis, Porsches, Lamborghinis, and Bentleys



A bunch of burning lithium-ion batteries could complicate the recovery of the massive, abandoned cargo ship in the Atlantic Ocean containing thousands of Porsches, Volkswagens, Bentleys, and Lamborghinis.



The batteries of an unknown number of electric vehicles have caught fire aboard the ship, captain Joao Mendes Cabecas of the port of Hortas, which is the nearest port to the ship's location, told Reuters. It's unclear at this time whether the batteries are what sparked the fire. Experts in putting out battery fires will be needed to extinguish the blaze.



"The ship is burning from one end to the other... everything is on fire about five meters above the water line," Reuters quotes Cabeças saying.



"The ship is burning from one end to the other... everything is on fire about five meters above the water line," Reuters quotes Cabeças saying.



The Felicity Ace was heading from Germany to a port in Rhode Island when it issued distress signals Wednesday morning, reporting a fire in one of its cargo decks. All 22 crew members were successfully evacuated and did not need medical attention, according to a statement by the Portuguese Navy.



The owner of the vessel is now developing a plan to recover the abandoned ship. Towing boats are en route from Gibraltar and the Netherlands and are expected to arrive at the ship's location next week.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/18/22940790/cargo-ship-fire-vw-porsche-lamborghini-ev-battery">https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/18/2294 ... ev-battery">https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/18/22940790/cargo-ship-fire-vw-porsche-lamborghini-ev-battery

It makes me wonder is this caused by VW's new EVs.

It's all EVs. All I got to say about that is ac_toofunny  ac_lmfao  

Lol I have to agree when even a $100,000 Tesla can engulf in flames.