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Ship Carrying EVs Abandoned in Pacific After Catching Fire (www.bloomberg.com)

submitted 2 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Do EV batteries burn less if not charged? Do they intentionally give them a low charge in transit just to maintain battery health and move them around to reduce the risk if so?

Also, at what point do you just call it a loss and scuttle the ship so that you're at least not releasing everything into the atmosphere? Or can they just flood certain compartments to extinguish the fire?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

All I can add is that lithium batteries don't vent jack when dead. SOURCE: Multiple gun shot tests.

But damn do you have some smart questions! Love to know more about all of those.