[b0g]

freighter with 3000 eV's, 1 caught fire
world's first marine eV-BBQ
North of Ameland, Netherlands

1 dead, 22 saved,
rumour that owner took the path of the rabbit.

[kellyhound]

carmageddon?

[houseoftechno]

I never park next to EVs.

[houseoftechno]

So another fire like this occurred in Feb 2022, and the freighter eventually sank.

"$401 million worth of cars from VW, Porsche, Audi, Bentley, and Lamborghini have been destroyed"

Originally Posted by motor1.com

Update 2: A report from Automotive News this morning indicates that the Felicity Ace has sunk, despite efforts to tow the damaged vessel to safety. The report states that the ship sank some 220 nautical miles off the coast of Portugal's Azores Islands at roughly 9 AM local time. Rough weather and a badly damaged craft combined to doom the cargo ship, Automotive News indicates.

The Felicity Ace Incident Information Center confirms the ship sank. So far there has been no oil pollution reported at the site of the sinking.

It has been projected that some $401 million worth of cars from VW, Porsche, Audi, Bentley, and Lamborghini have been destroyed.

Update: A special website has been created for official information regarding the Felicity Ace. Here is the most recent statement regarding the fire:

Singapore, February 18, 2022

Following the fire on board the car carrier“Felicity Ace” on February 16, MOL Ship Management (Singapore) report that all crew members are now safe in a hotel in the Azores and all are in good health.

The Portuguese Navy, through the Ponta Delgada Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC), has a warship standing by and monitoring the drift of Felicity Ace.

Managers have appointed a salvage company and an initial salvage team has arrived in the Azores and is on the way to the vessel estimated to arrive February 18(local time). Further salvage assets are being readied to attend the vessel.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines wishes to thank the Portuguese Navy, the local authorities in the Azores and those vessels that supported the rescue operation of the crew members in the best traditions of the Merchant marine.

The cargo ship Felicity Ace, which was carrying vehicles from Emden, Germany, to Davisville, Rhode Island, has reportedly caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. According to the Associated Press, the Felicity Ace sounded an alarm after a fire broke out in the hold, and its crew of 22 abandoned ship and were safely rescued. However, the fire may have destroyed the ship's cargo – largely Porsche and Volkswagen vehicles.

Zerin Dube, who uses the handle SpeedSportLife, posted a screenshot of Porsche’s customer order tracker, which acknowledges that the Felicity Ace was carrying “certain Porsche vehicles” and advises clients to expect contact from their local dealers once the automaker has enough information to understand the full scope of the issue. The Smoking Tire’s Matt Farah says on Twitter that his dealer called him today to inform him that his car was on the cargo ship.

[houseoftechno]

Pics of the EV freighter carnage.

[b0g]

thats are 2 departs from a German harbour, thats remarkable
there were only 25 El. V.'s on board, of about 2800 traditional cars.
the crew saw the fire started on a EV.

[techfreak76]

There are not 25EVs on Board.
Newest Newspaper write about 500 EVs on Board.
There are 800 cars too much on this Freighter. I Hope that this Ship don´t sink.

[b0g]

yeah yeah I couldnt be ar$d to edit the numbers, the info was too unreliable.

[Roosta]

Sure is a mess.