Didn’t this same thing happen to a bunch of Porsches or other high end cars and they just had to let it burn in the ocean as there was no way to put it out, obviously, and they couldn’t tow it?
https://www.autoblog.com/2022/02/17/felicity-ace-cargo-ship-fire-porsche-volkswagen-cars/
And NO ONE will study anything. Just like they don’t want to study what happens to windmills after they fall apart.
In this case, the ship is within eyesight of the coastline, and on damage potential/cost....if it were to sink, it’d probably go into the billions.
But two additional problems play out. First, the ship has yet to sink and there’s plans today to move it slowly to a port about 17 km away. I would expect legal challenges to deny the entry into the port. Second, there’s likely to be public questions now over the battery-fire business, and realization that every week or two....somewhere in Europe...a E-car fire erupts. The public will ask why, and if the fires present a major environmental problem as they occur.
Betting-wise, I expect it to be anchored while being denied port entry....then within a week....to start sinking just outside of the port.
Insurance cost increasing for freighters carrying E-cars? More than double or triple in future costs.
Here’s what will happen:
Insurers (currently almost exclusively Lloyd’s of London) will reevaluate the risk, assign a premium, and ICE & EV buyers alike will pay the price.
THAT is why the ships are carrying a mix of ICE & EVs: To spread the costs.
Just another way we’re all being screwed for bad policy decisions.