Another EV fire causes cargo ship to sink, highlighting growing EV transport risks

[Redaktion]

A car carrier transporting about 3,000 vehicles across the Pacific was abandoned after an uncontrolled fire broke out onboard. The ship, named Morning Midas, was carrying around 750 electric and hybrid vehicles when smoke was first detected on one of the decks. This marks the second major maritime incident involving EV cargo since the Felicity Ace disaster in 2022.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Another-EV-fire-causes-cargo-ship-to-sink-highlighting-growing-EV-transport-risks.1044353.0.html

[A]

To be fair, in neither the Felicity Ace case nor the Fremantle Highway case, there has been 0 evidence that the cause was an EV. It wasn't the first time an ICE car caught on fire and an EV was blamed.

[Rasec]

To be fair, in neither the Felicity Ace case nor the Fremantle Highway case, there has been 0 evidence that the cause was an EV. It wasn't the first time an ICE car caught on fire and an EV was blamed.

Lol? How gullible can some1 be...

[ArsLoginName]

Let's put this in context....

First off title is misleading as should be 'Ship carrying EVs that caught fire earlier this month finally sinks'.

Next, since these cars were headed for Mexico and maybe some in US, a quick Google search for 'number of car fires in the US and Mexico between March 2022 and June 2025' gives over 432,000 in JUST 2022 and 2023 alone with statistics for 2024 and into half of 2025 not available but it does say an annual average of about 180,000 per year - which apparently makes 2022 and 2023 statistical anomalies. But this suggests over 610,000 through the end of 2024.

So over 200x more fires than these EVs sinking at sea as the sensationalized author wants us to panic over.

[zhud]

Once the fire spreads to an EV, it cannot be stopped.

[ArsLoginName]

They should be shipped with only 5-10% of full charge. Would still provide a range of 10's of miles to get them loaded on a ship, driven off a ship and on to a car carrier for delivery to a dealership. Very hard to have a thermal runaway when there is only 1/20-1/10th of the energy density.

Still doesn't detract from my previous post of 200x more regular ICE car fires per year than these EVs on fire on ships while being transported.

[Gallo123]

They should be shipped with only 5-10% of full charge. Would still provide a range of 10's of miles to get them loaded on a ship, driven off a ship and on to a car carrier for delivery to a dealership. Very hard to have a thermal runaway when there is only 1/20-1/10th of the energy density.

Still doesn't detract from my previous post of 200x more regular ICE car fires per year than these EVs on fire on ships while being transported.

Not logistically possible to leave an EV at 5-10% charge. A car sits for over a month before they are shipped. It also takes another month to travel by sea. And then another month at port/storage towards delivery. Leaving a brand new EV discharged damages the cells, read up on the Cybertrucks being defective because they took so long to sell.

Comparing standard car fires to fires at sea is just incredible stupid on so many levels. You would have to be emotionally obsessed with EVs to convince yourself it's correct. 200x fires occur because there 200x++ conventional vehicles on the road let alone the range of age and types. The bottom line is that not all 200x worth of fires were catastrophic, nor does it matter if they started the fires. What matters is when an EV that catches fire it becomes catastrophic at sea which leads to total losses.

[A]

Once the fire spreads to an EV, it cannot be stopped.

It can.

What matters is when an EV that catches fire it becomes catastrophic at sea which leads to total losses.

All fires at sea are difficult and often time lead to total loss. ICE cars catching on fire and bringing down the ship isn't uncommon.