Lithium-ion batteries are fueling the fire on a burning cargo ship full of Porsches

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274474 on February 21st, 2022 at 21:33 UTC »

My car is/ was on that ship

squigs on February 21st, 2022 at 18:10 UTC »

Expect this will result in new rules about transporting electric cars. Will need firebreaks and fire suppression systems at least.

lacompacida on February 21st, 2022 at 15:50 UTC »

Those are inflammables. So is the battery in your cell. It's just too small to cause big trouble unless assisted by being in proximity of other inflammables.