‘Fremantle Highway’ fire not caused by EVs

Tony Verhelle

August 16, 2023

The Fremantle Highway in the port of Eemshaven. The cars on the lower decks, where the EVs are, seem undamaged /ANP – JILMER POSTMA

After the fire on the car cargo ship 'Fremantle Highway' off the Dutch coast, many popular media hastily identified an electric car as the cause. Now it turns out that this is untrue. Many publications used the fire accident to highlight the (real) difficulties of extinguishing a fire on an EV. S
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