Last week Ford USA recalling 39,000 "large pick-up trucks" due to some going on fire whilst charging. Owners told to re-charge them well away from buildings.

Last week a London battery bus being charged went of fire - took out another battery bus & 4 diesel buses.

Electric cars/PHEVs seem to have problems with some manufacturers.

Early days for many manufacturers I suppose but once on fire there seems little can be done until the fire extinguishes itself.

The video clip I posted was not about electric cars though.

Last week Ford USA recalling 39,000 "large pick-up trucks" due to some going on fire whilst charging. Owners told to re-charge them well away from buildings.

Last week a London battery bus being charged went of fire - took out another battery bus & 4 diesel buses.

Electric cars/PHEVs seem to have problems with some manufacturers.

Early days for many manufacturers I suppose but once on fire there seems little can be done until the fire extinguishes itself.

I read about the bus fires as they happened not too far away in Potters Bar bus garage, a hub for many buses going into London.

I also read (same article I think) that some EV buses (possibly abroad) have spontaneously combusted when not charging and not on particularly hot days either.

Rather a problem if you can't charge EVs 'near buildings', given that where most have to be.

Electric bus fires seem to happen worldwide. Scary.

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I think that one of the main design flaws that causes or exaccerbates vehicle fire is fuel storage tanks / containers or transfer pipes/conduits are often located in areas that are poorly insulated against outside heat sources and do not have decent heat shielding and/or active or passive cooling facilities.

It was one of the problems with the first generation Nissan Leaf as far as I remember, though more of a problem in hotter countries. Similarly with the spontaneous combustion of Lambos and other hypercars. Cars with high use of aluminium or magnesium parts (as well as lithium in batteries) will make it even worse because once alight, they are far more difficult to put out.

Whether the tightly-packed nature of cars being transported on that container ship and the possible lack of cooling ventilation made a reasonable difference, I don't know. I also recall those old 'bendy buses' previously ran in London often catching fire, though I'm not sure whether they were just diesel-powered, or used either hyrodgen or natural gas.