EV suspected of causing container fire

Felicity Ace

More fears have been raised about the transport of electric vehicles after a container believed to contain a used one caught fire off the coast of Greece.

However the data do not support the claim that they are more at risk of catching fire than conventional vehicles or indeed hybrids.

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