“A cargo ship carrying around 3000 cars has been abandoned in the Pacific Ocean and left to burn.
The Morning Midas was carrying around 800 electric vehicles from China en route to Mexico when it caught fire about 450km south of Alaska.
The crew of the Morning Midas were unable to get the fire under control and in consultation with the US Coast Guard decided to abandon ship, with all 22 sailors taken to safety.
The incident has underlined the safety issues with transporting electric vehicles whose lithium ion batteries can catch fire and are very hard to put out - sometime burning for two weeks.”
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Saving the planet one burning electric car wreck at a time.