Ship with 3,000 cars in deadly fire off Dutch coast

[Harrier Man]

Thought to be caused by an electric car catching fire. Hopefully none of our Lexus models were on board. bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66310280

[kam]

originated from Germany, so  I chance of any Lexus vehicles on the ship. Imagine waiting a year or so for delivery of your car and to told that your not getting  delivery of your car.

[DavidCM]

That follows the car transporter that caught fire last year off the Azores and sank.Again thought to be caused by a milk float catching fire.Along with numerous clips of spontaneously combusting Tesla's,are we seeing a trend here?

[NemesisUK]

6 minutes ago, kam said:

originated from Germany, so chance of any Lexus vehicles on the ship. Imagine waiting a year or so for delivery of your car and to told that your not getting  delivery of your car.

The cargo ship left the port of Bremerhaven in northern Germany at around 15:00 local time on Tuesday on course for Port Said in Egypt.

So no chance of any Lexus cars on board as the ship would be heading back to the Far East?

[Cotswold Pete]

I wonder if we will get to point where taking your EV on Eurotunnel will be as much a NoNo as LPG seems to be.

Mate if mine who is recently retired fireman said EVs are a real b*stard to deal with when they catch fire.

 

[Malc1]

3000 BMWubblewoos polluting the ocean floor then ......  well better than polluting the air we breathe !

Malc

[Linas.P]

3 hours ago, Malc1 said:

3000 BMWubblewoos polluting the ocean floor then ......  well better than polluting the air we breathe !

Sadly EV pollution happens in manufacturing, so that is too late to take them out of their misery. The least polluting option would have been to drive them all to 500k miles as quickly as possible, but at 0 miles they are basically the most polluting they can be, so the worst time to set them on fire. 

[DavidCM]

I suppose this gives a new meaning to "I'm going for a burn up in the Tesla"