GOOD Point by my wife. Could they double purpose these ships as ferries? Seems like the same basic concept.
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#12GOOD Point by my wife. Could they double purpose these ships as ferries? Seems like the same basic concept.
Probably not enough space for people. Often people aren't allowed to stay in their cars.
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#14I'm just here to say electrek's continuous scroll both delights and annoys me by equal measures (because of my right click new tab habit)
This is a giant RoRo. Compared to the one I used to cross the St Lawrence River a few years back, you could pack hundreds of them inside this in a meta meta car carrier.
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#15Ten thousand EV batteries packed into a ship’s hull. What could go wrong?
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#16Ten thousand EV batteries packed into a ship’s hull. What could go wrong?
I actually assumed that was part of the impetus for creating their own ship – standard cargo ships probably aren't well-suited to the job and simultaneously are a bit concerned about transporting such cargo.
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#18Ten thousand EV batteries packed into a ship’s hull. What could go wrong?
You could say the same thing about a refined fuel tanker.
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#19After the Ticktock ban and surge of Rednote installs, more people are seeing these cars here. And they look amazing for the price. The ban is backfiring spectacularly. And this is just one way.