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Best practice for electric vehicle transport

[ September 1, 2023   //   ]

The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has published a paper on best practice and recommendations for the safe carriage of electric vehicles (EVs). It says that while research which demonstrates that fires in battery EVs are not more dangerous than fires in conventional vehicles and, in general, there are fewer fires from EVs compared with fires from conventional vehicles, there is potential for thermal runaway incidents.

IUMI says that early fire detection is critically and options, in addition to the conventional systems, could include thermal imaging cameras and AI powered systems.

CO2 extinguishing systems, if applied quickly, are successful in fighting fires and their capacity should be doubled. Clear policy is also required on which cargo is accepted or rejected.

https://iumi.com/opinions/position-papers

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