Havila: ‘BAN ON ELECTRIC cars on our ships’
… the Norwegian shipping company Havila has become the first company to prohibit EV cars on their ferries
… the sinking of the ferry “Felicity Ace” last year, which resulted from a fire of EV car batteries
… If a car starts to burn, the fire can no longer be extinguished.
… the fire of an electric car requires a particularly complex rescue operation
… Passengers would also be at risk. It is different with vehicles with internal combustion engines [ Junge Freiheit ]
… When Hurricane Ian ravaged Florida in 2022
… many water-logged EV cars caught fire and were very difficult to put out
… can take hours to put the conflagrations out
… “As those batteries corrode, fires start.” [ New York Post ]