Runaway 500 EV meltdown on cargo ship: Proof our cities aren't ready for full EV deployment John Cadogan’s EV video. Is it an overreaction? Cause of fire irrelevant He says he gets some pushback from EV evangelists as he calls them, stating that electric car fires are no more common...
a roll-on roll-off vessel with more than 2000 new and used vehicles on board, sank in the Bay of Biscay after the cars ignited. The crew of 26 tried to combat the fire but, within hours, the heat was so intense that it weakened the structural integrity of the...
The present work is a survey on aircraft hybrid electric propulsion (HEP) that aims to present state-of-the-art technologies and future tendencies in the following areas: air transport market, hybrid demonstrators, HEP topologies applications, aircraft design, electrical systems for aircraft, energy ...
Crew members receive specialized fire training to address potential incidents, particularly those involving lithium-iron phosphate batteries. Zhang Lifu, an officer at Shanghai’s Yangshan Port, emphasized the necessity of proactive measures, adding that crew members are trained to detect fire in battery...
catches fire easily and is very difficult to extinguish. For example, in 2023, the cargo ship Fremantle Highway, carrying 3000 cars, caught fire off the coast of the Netherlands due to a short circuit in the battery of an electric vehicle it was transporting. The crew were unable to ...