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      07-27-2023, 06:54 AM   #1
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EV apparently caught fire on ship

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ught-fire.html

Race to salvage sinking cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles including 350 Mercedes as it burns out of control in North Sea after fire 'caused by electric car'

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      07-27-2023, 06:57 AM   #2
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The EV boys will be by soon to tell you it didn't happen.
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      07-27-2023, 07:41 AM   #3
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Is it Tweety Bird who says

"Oh no, nottadain" ?
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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      07-27-2023, 08:13 AM   #4
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How many times will this happen before new rules about EV's being transported are brought in?
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      07-27-2023, 08:44 AM   #5
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If an EV catches fire and sinks a cargo ship carrying 3,000 vehicles and the main stream news doesn't cover it, did it really happen?
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      07-27-2023, 09:00 AM   #6
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I watched this yesterday on what's going on with shipping channel on youtube. I was afraid it was a BMW but I guess it was a Mercedes. The last port call was Germany before the fire so the chances are good.
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      07-27-2023, 10:42 AM   #7
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Do we have a running list of this happening? I remember a similar issue a few months ago.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...ace-ship-fire/
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