A burning cargo ship full of Porsches and VWs is adrift in the mid-Atlantic

NPR ^ | February 17, 2022 | Jonathan Franklin

[PGR88]

lithium batteries?

[Paladin2]

We know.

How is it turning out?

[Tennessee Nana]

Its size ???

Is it considered too big ???

Ive been to the Azores on bigger ships ...

[DesertRhino]

Japanese submarine activity in the area?

[BradyLS]

The ship's owner is arranging an oceangoing tug, but Portuguese navy spokesman Cmdr. José Sousa Luís said the ship is unlikely to be towed to a port in the Azores because of its size, the AP reported.

Huh. I woulda guessed because it's on fire.

[matt04]

It will be interesting to red the report on what went wrong. I wonder if it was one of the cars or something with the ship that spread to the cars?

[RockyTx]

insurance fraud
and/or
make the ‘car shortage’ even worse

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Probably will not get to R.I. Until the 25th or 26th now.

[Track9]

22. What about the stowaways?

[Old Yeller]

A hunka hunka burnin rust

[Born in 1950]

Affirmative action and identity appointments create an unsafe world.

[Celtic Conservative]

In other news, German invasion of Rhode Island thwarted.

CC

[sheik yerbouty]

😱”Oh the humanity!”

[pepsionice]

Wonder if any of these were E-cars (with batteries)?

[matt04]

Good question. A quick search shows VW doesn’t have any all electric cars yet, they are still in development, and Porsche only has one all electric model. Still could be plenty of hybrids on board.

[Secret Agent Man]

Odds are there were at least a few electrics/hybrids on the ship.

[jjotto]

I think all the VW brands have plug-in electric hybrids.

[Lockbox]

The Volkswagen ID. series is a family of battery electric cars

[Salamander]

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