QUOTE(river.sand @ Jun 5 2025, 12:46 PM)
From the link...
EV fans: Confirmed fire started from hybrids! EV are very safe.
QUOTE(moiskyrie @ Jun 5 2025, 12:52 PM)
that why P2 ship the EV without battery....
see so P2 already know how to solve EV from fire....
Japantimes sudah start tembak liao. I'm going to make educated guess that current firefighting systems on shipping vessels are not designed to deal with EV fires. Doesn't matter whether ICE car or EV started the fire, if the fire spreads and the EVs catch fire, then this is the result - fire cannot be put out and the ship has to be abandoned.
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Fires involving EVs are often harder to extinguish and more dangerous to fight. The conditions of a tightly packed car-carrying cargo ship lead to limited ventilation, which can rapidly intensify heat. The confined, steel-lined environment makes fire suppression and rescues significantly more dangerous.
Additionally, when an electric vehicle burns, it does so for longer and the fire gets hotter. The flames can end up accelerating through chain reactions and spiraling out of control quickly, a process called thermal runaway. EV fires can take up to 30,000 liters of water to cool the lithium-ion batteries.
In 2022, a vessel carrying about 4,000 vehicles caught fire in the Atlantic and ended up sinking despite efforts to tow it to safety. A year later, another ship with close to 3,000 cars on board caught fire near the Dutch coast.
Shipowners have taken steps to try to manage the safety risks involved in hauling electric vehicles. Last year, a key safety group published guidelines on how to deal with fires on board the vessels.