Fire on ship carrying luxury VW EVs burnt-out +

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Feb 28, 2022, 1:27:21 PM2/28/22
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https://www.thebharatexpressnews.com/fire-goes-out-on-ship-carrying-luxury-vw-group-cars-with-little-to-burn/
Fire goes out on ship carrying luxury VW Group cars, with little to burn
23-Feb-22 ... “The fire has calmed down in the last few hours,” Joao Mendes Cabecas, captain of the nearest port to the Azorean island of Faial, told the Lusa news agency, saying there was probably little fuel left at to burn. Cabecas told Reuters over the weekend that lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles “keep the fire going”, adding that specialist equipment was needed to put it out. It was unclear whether the batteries started the fire ...
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VW fears the cargo ship fire is a huge loss

https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/vw-fears-huge-loss-cars-cargo-ship-fire
VW fears huge loss of cars from cargo ship fire
February 25, 2022 ... Volkswagen Group says the many of the 4,000 cars from its multiple brands aboard the Felicity Ace are a total loss because of a fire on board ... “We fear that the fire on the ship has damaged a large number of the nearly 4,000 Group-brand vehicles to such an extent that they can no longer be delivered to customers ...
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https://www.motor1.com/news/570073/majority-vw-vehicles-burning-ship-destroyed/
Majority Of 3,965 VW Group Vehicles On Burning Ship Likely Destroyed
Feb 25, 2022 ... Losses of Volkswagens, Audis, Bentleys, Porsches, and some rare Lamborghinis could exceed $150 million ...




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