Not really sure what you mean here. I can't imagine there will be much debate about what should happen to the cars left on the ship unless it's very clear that some portion of the cars were completely undamaged, and unless it's clear that a Taycan was the root cause of the problem, I find it hard to believe that much happens here.
My friends and I were discussing that EV battery could be an issue but it's not proven. Until we know the cause of the fire, no one does anything.
My take on that would be that if the problem was so bad that it burst into flames mere weeks after manufacturing, it would have had to be a defect of quite monumental proportions that would be quite unlikely for such a car to ever make it more than a few months of driving without burning up. If such an issue existed, we'd be seeing it on the already delivered 2022's. Well, unless of course it's caused by that new PCM everyone is excited about...
Makes sense. Good point.
Yeah...think Porsche should be able to replace the cars via normal production but this isn't normal time/market so wonder if shortages that currently are causing such delays will affect this and any efforts to make these customers whole and get replacement cars sooner versus later? That is a real possibility!
For the grace of god man..got my car and took delivery on 24 Jan but all for that and a southern shipping route and maybe timing...could have been my car. Sorry for those who lost their cars. Hope Porsche makes them whole quickly!
Yeah. happens from time to time. I know the vehicle insurers must be like sick...what was the loss like $250M some have said? Ouch!
The EV batteries are not discharged. Li-ion batteries are shipped charged all the time. At this point the only known info is that the fire started in the hold of the ship. That does not mean the cargo started the fire. It could be a leaky fuel line or damaged electrical cable on the ship. Once a fire gets going, if it's not going to be contained quickly, it will only grow and be fed by what's in the ships hold. Get a tire on fire and it burns crazy hot and for a long time. Think about the bumpers and how much plastic is on these or other cars. If the ship goes down, then it's going to be a very long time if they ever know what happened or if they even go with a salvage team. Will depend on the depth and who is going to pay for everything. Doing salvage operations in the open ocean is not cheap.
Depending on the fire and how fast they can get the ship to port to salvage it, there might be a lot of cars still good to deliver?
