Submission + - VW autos worth $155 million lost in cargo ship fire fueled by EV batteries (msn.com)
McGruber writes: An update to Friday's story about the burning cargo ship adrift in the Mid-Atlantic (https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/02/18/1615256/burning-cargo-ship-is-adrift-in-mid-atlantic-without-crew):
MSN is now reporting that the ship is aflame from bow to stern with a lithium-ion battery fire that can’t be put out with water alone. The fire has been burning since Wednesday (Feb. 16), as the ship drifts in the Atlantic about 200 miles southwest of Portugal’s Azores Islands. Its 22-person crew abandoned ship and was rescued on Thursday.
The ship left Germany on Feb. 10 and headed for the US with about 4,000 Porches, Bentleys and other luxury cars aboard, and some of those were electric vehicles. It’s not clear if the batteries contributed to the fire starting in the first place—a greasy rag in a lubricant-slicked engine room or a fuel leak are the usual suspects in ship fires—but the batteries are keeping the flames going now. A forensic investigation will take months to determine the cause.
Bloomberg adds (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-21/porsches-and-lamborghinis-lost-at-sea-may-be-worth-155-million) that the fire could cost Volkswagen at least $155 million based upon the Russell Group's estimate that there are $401 million worth of cars. VW group had Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini models on the vessel.
MSN is now reporting that the ship is aflame from bow to stern with a lithium-ion battery fire that can’t be put out with water alone. The fire has been burning since Wednesday (Feb. 16), as the ship drifts in the Atlantic about 200 miles southwest of Portugal’s Azores Islands. Its 22-person crew abandoned ship and was rescued on Thursday.
The ship left Germany on Feb. 10 and headed for the US with about 4,000 Porches, Bentleys and other luxury cars aboard, and some of those were electric vehicles. It’s not clear if the batteries contributed to the fire starting in the first place—a greasy rag in a lubricant-slicked engine room or a fuel leak are the usual suspects in ship fires—but the batteries are keeping the flames going now. A forensic investigation will take months to determine the cause.
Bloomberg adds (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-21/porsches-and-lamborghinis-lost-at-sea-may-be-worth-155-million) that the fire could cost Volkswagen at least $155 million based upon the Russell Group's estimate that there are $401 million worth of cars. VW group had Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini models on the vessel.
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