Felicity Ace has reportedly sunk

[thecoloradokid]

It will certainly take a while, but I am curious as to when a formal inquiry into the sinking will start. It would be interesting to understand from the crew where the fire started. Hell, it could have started in the kitchen or engine room for all we know.

I would also like to understand the percentage of EV's that were on the ship.

The loss of the vehicles and the ship are a shame, but the crew got out alive, so that should help with the inquiry process.

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[nickmdp]

It will certainly take a while, but I am curious as to when a formal inquiry into the sinking will start. It would be interesting to understand from the crew where the fire started. Hell, it could have started in the kitchen or engine room for all we know.

I would also like to understand the percentage of EV's that were on the ship.

The loss of the vehicles and the ship are a shame, but the crew got out alive, so that should help with the inquiry process.

It could go either way IMO. If there isn't much telemetry data to review (video, sensors, etc), every crew member has likely already told their story about what happened, and I doubt that they'll have much more they could share that would be useful at this point. They might be able to make a best guess, but even then, it seems impossible that they would be able to state a definitive root cause.

I'm sure a ton of people will make guesses, with most of them being "Must have been the EVs", but I get bored with that sort of conjecture.

 

[Reg]

The cause of the blaze was not determined, but some have suspected it was started in the battery of one of the electric cars onboard. ​

There were a bunch of Tesla trolls on reddit making this claim in several different forums. Really disgusting since they claim to be about promoting EVs and whine about people spreading FUD about Tesla. I guess they are fine spreading rumors about the dangers of EVs - as long as it isn't about Tesla.

Sorry for everyone whose car was on the ship! But as someone mentioned, it is better not to have any lingering doubts about getting one of these cars after this incident.

 

[Jonmar]

My car was on there. I’m sure it was completely incinerated but even if it wasn’t I would not have wanted it. So much potential for damage from smoke, heat, and seawater. I’m glad my “almost first Porsche” is buried at sea. Hopefully this does not become an environmental disaster.

So sorry. Hope they get you a new one soon.

 

[Hirschaj]

So sorry. Hope they get you a new one soon.

Appreciate that. There’s much more important stuff going on in the world today though. It’s a crazy thing that happened but it’s just a car.

 

[Fish Fingers]

Nobody would have wanted a car from the ship, having seen how it looked near the end.

 

[whitex]

Nobody would have wanted a car from the ship, having seen how it looked near the end.

I thihn it would depend on the price. I bet you could easily sell the lot of all the cars on that ship for a cool million dollars in a jiffy. Even fire damaged cars have value.

 

[Fish Fingers]

I thihn it would depend on the price. I bet you could easily sell the lot of all the cars on that ship for a cool million dollars in a jiffy. Even fire damaged cars have value.

Yes true.

I had meant the new car buyers who had their cars on the ship.

 

[Matt-Taycan]

Jeeez!! what an environmental disaster that is ?

 

[kort]

Jeeez!! what an environmental disaster that is ?

in the whole scheme of things it really isn't much. the cars didn't have much fuel in them, 4k x about 6 quarts of motor oil is 24k is about 6k gallons of oil, other various lubricants in the cars is minimal and should dissipate easily. the biggest concern would be the bunker fuel that the ship was carrying but even if the ship had a full load of bunker it would still be classified as a minor spill.
hundreds if not thousands of similar cargo ships like this have gone to the bottom in the last 100+ years.

the sky really isn't falling.

 

[Matt-Taycan]

in the whole scheme of things it really isn't much. the cars didn't have much fuel in them, 4k x about 6 quarts of motor oil is 24k is about 6k gallons of oil, other various lubricants in the cars is minimal and should dissipate easily. the biggest concern would be the bunker fuel that the ship was carrying but even if the ship had a full load of bunker it would still be classified as a minor spill.
hundreds if not thousands of similar cargo ships like this have gone to the bottom in the last 100+ years.

the sky really isn't falling.

Sure ?

 

[Pozuelo]

I thihn it would depend on the price. I bet you could easily sell the lot of all the cars on that ship for a cool million dollars in a jiffy. Even fire damaged cars have value.

I am sure the value of the burnt cars would have been in recycling valuable materials. The rest was useless IMHO.

 

[mdrobc1213]

Yes...sad loss of all aboard. Replaceable yes but still a loss to all.

https://blog.tred.com/disaster-at-sea-lambos-porsches-bentleys-lost/

 

[Yves_0016]

Not sure if already here somewhere, I came across this overview on the Dutch Top Gear website.

Audi A5 Cabrio	84
Audi A5 Coupé	43
Audi A5 Sportback	147
Audi e-tron	121
Audi e-tron GT	1
Audi Q2	1
Audi Q3	297
Audi Q3 Sportback	144
Audi TT	7
Audi TT Roadster	1
Bentley Bentayga	77
Bentley Continental GT	38
Bentley Continentel GTC	50
Bentley Flying Spur	25
BMW 750i (2007)	1
Fendt tractors	12
Ford Mustang (2015)	1
Honda Prelude (1996)	1
Kia Soul (2014)	1
Lamborghini Aventador	15
Lamborghini Huracan	20
Lamborghini Urus	50
Land Rover Santana (1977)	1
MAN TGM (vrachtwagen)	1
Mini Countryman (2019)	1
Nissan Versa Note (2018)	1
Porsche 718 Boxster GTS 4.0	1
Porsche Cayenne (2015)	1
Porsche Cayenne, Macan, Panamera	30
Porsche other	558
Seat Ateca	3
Volkswagen Caddy	47
Volkswagen Golf	199
Volkswagen ID.4	159
Volkswagen Jetta (2017)	1
Volkswagen Taigo	1
Volkswagen Transporter T6	116

 

[Jhenson29]

Ah, the Porsche other. Good car.

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