[texas booster]

Updated:

BMW AG’s Rolls-Royce has a small number of its exclusive cars aboard the ship that went up in flames off the Dutch coast a week ago.

The maker of €500,000 luxury vehicles is informing affected clients personally, a spokesperson said Wednesday in an email. While both BMW and Mercedes-Benz Group AG confirmed they have several hundred cars on the Fremantle Highway, neither have offered specific breakdowns by brand or model.

Ouch.

[mewzilla]

This is a hoot...

Burning Questions: Unraveling the Truth Behind Electric Vehicle Fires in Maritime Shipping

And note the use of the word "proven".

(chortle)

[Political Junkie Too]

Salt water is a massive conductor of electricity.

Is transporting 500 electric vehicles with their lithium ion batteries at sea with the salty sea air and dampness and water everywhere really a good idea?

-PJ

[mewzilla]

I’ll just toss this in, from the UK, for a couple of reasons...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12401887/Rochford-fire-Inferno-rips-200-vehicles-Essex-scrapyard-dozens-firefighters-rush-tackle-blaze.html

There were EVs and hybrids on that lot.

The DM never mentions it.