Automotive: Tree-Hugger car about to sink another Cargo Ship

Tree-hugger Electric EVs burn houses down, ignite spontaneously, kill people, and they even sink cargo ships.

A deadly blaze on a cargo ship carrying nearly 3,000 cars from Germany resulted in the loss of one crew member’s life and forcing others to jump into the sea. According to a spokesperson for the coast guard, the fire is suspected to have originated from one of the 25 electric vehicles that were on board.

Electric Vehicle about to sink another Cargo Ship. But hey, the fools, they think they are saving the planet.

The Freemantle Highway was transporting 2,857 cars from Germany to Egypt when the fire started off the northern coast of the Netherlands, the Dutch coastguard reports. Twenty-five of the cars were electric vehicles and it’s suspected that one of the EVs is responsible for the fire, which is currently still burning per carscoops sources.

One man has already been killed as a result of the accident and several others have been injured. At least seven of the crew were forced to jump into the North Sea from the Panama-registered ship to escape the fire around 27 nautical miles (50 km) from the island of Ameland. The seven jumpers were rescued from the water while those still on the boat were airlifted by a helicopter. In total 23 people were removed to safety while emergency crews continue to attempt to tackle the fire.

EV fires are notoriously difficult to extinguish, the lithium batteries often reigniting later, and the Dutch coastguard reports that the crew had tried and failed to contain the flames.

“The crew tried to put out the fire themselves, but it didn’t work. The fire continued to expand, triggering an evacuation,” the coastguard said in a statement early this morning. Five hours later it issued another statement saying that “the situation is unchanged. There is still a lot of smoke formation.”

Norwegian Shipping Company Bans Electrified Vehicles Over Fire Fears

Norway’s Havila Krystruten is one of two shipping companies that sails between the coastal cities of Bergen and Kierkenes and says that it will no longer carry electric or electrified vehicles on its ships following the results of an external investigation.

Norway’s Havila Krystruten has banned all EV's on their ships — Norway’s Havila Krystruten has banned all EV’s on their ships

The company mostly carries passengers and goods on the route, but now says that it will only carry private vehicles with internal combustion engines. Havila Krystruten cited fire safety as the main reason for its decision.

While it is not clear what led the company to run the external investigation, fears of fires on ships were stoked by a recent incident in the Atlantic. The Felicity Ace caught fire at sea last year and, although the cause of the fire has not been determined, there were vehicles with batteries aboard the ship, leading to speculation that they may have been responsible for the blaze.