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  • Electric cars burning aboard ship full of Porsches, VWs, Bentleys [UPDATED]

    02/20/2022 8:21:23 AM PST · by Diana in Wisconsin · 62 replies
    AutoBlog ^ | February 17, 2022 | Ronan Glon
    Update: The Felicity Ace, which caught fire near the coast of the Azores, will be towed to another European country or the Bahamas, the captain of the nearest port told Reuters on Friday. Lithium-ion batteries in the electric cars on board have caught fire, and the blaze requires specialized equipment to extinguish, captain Joao Mendes Cabecas of the port of Hortas said. The source of the fire is still unknown. "The ship is burning from one end to the other ... everything is on fire about five meters above the water line," Cabeças said. Tow boats were en route from...