I already get a lot of hits on the search term "felicity ace." A *lot*. As usual it's hard to tell which are spammy content farms copying and pasting each other, and which have valid original reporting, so I can't warrant anything that follows.
This first piece cites "the captain of the nearest port ...Joao Mendes Cabecas of the port of Horta" saying that "Lithium-ion batteries in the electric cars on board the vehicle carrier Felicity Ace have caught fire and the blaze requires specialist equipment to extinguish," but that "It was not clear whether the batteries first sparked the fire." https://www.marinelink.com/news/felicity-ace-ablaze-towing-vessels-en-494447 It doesn't say what led Cabecas to make that statement, or what his qualifications are for so reporting. This next report says that "An internal email from Volkswagen's U.S. operations revealed there were 3,965 Volkswagen AG vehicles aboard the ship ...Over 100 of those cars were headed for Port of Houston in Texas, with GTI, Golf R, and ID.4 models deemed to be at risk ..." https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/felicity-ace-felicity-ace-cargo-ship-burning- ship-carrying-porsches-audis-lamborghinis-drifts-in-atlantic-2774938 or https://v.gd/UTecxM I've seen this "internal email" similarly cited in other stories as having "revealed" information, but the email isn't directly quoted, its author isn't identified, and nothing says whether the news piece's writer had actual direct access to it, or is just repeating hearsay. So, again, I don't know how helpful this really is. I expect that more details will emerge over the next 24 hours or so. It sure does appear that some folks who've ordered EVs will be waiting for them a while longer. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Think about how stupid the average person is. Then realize that half of them are even stupider than that. -- George Carlin = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
