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To: catnipman

i wonder if these battery ferries will be any more successful than ‘lectric buses in the USA?
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Well, they’ll be on water when they catch fire or stop working. Is that considered more successful?


22 posted on 04/12/2026 3:45:55 PM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: chickenlips

“Well, they’ll be on water when they catch fire or stop working. Is that considered more successful?”

nope, worse, much worse: salt water accelerates lithium battery fires, which is why one reads about auto carriers from Japan burning up uncontrollably whenever a lithium battery fire gets started in one of the brand new EVs being transported from Japan to the USA ...


32 posted on 04/12/2026 4:39:01 PM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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