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Consider this analysis of the invasion barges they’re preparing: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Klkpk_hO4FQ
Ten thousand EV batteries packed into a ship’s hull. What could go wrong?
It would be cool to pull charge off the batteries to power the ship.
“the new ship includes BYD box-type battery packs and shaft-belt generators for the first time”
This ship might not be for peacefully exporting electric cars. China is making unmistakable preparations to invade Taiwan in the near future and RORO carrier vessels have clear military applications in such a scenario. Consider this analysis of the invasion barges they’re preparing: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Klkpk_hO4FQ
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42228138
This ship might not be for peacefully exporting electric cars. China is making unmistakable preparations to invade Taiwan in the near future and RORO carrier vessels have clear military applications in such a scenario. Consider this analysis of the invasion barges they’re preparing: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Klkpk_hO4FQ
That is a very good observation and a really interesting video.
Ten thousand EV batteries packed into a ship’s hull. What could go wrong?
Vertically integrating. Not as subtle as I'd have expected, but still sensible.
GOOD Point by my wife. Could they double purpose these ships as ferries? Seems like the same basic concept.
There are some issues though. It's slow (slower than an ocean liner since ships are more efficient at low speeds). And it's a cargo vessel, so the cargo sets the schedule. If there's an issue with the cargo that delays the ship by three weeks, you journey is delayed by three weeks. There also just isn't much happening. You have a room, a mess hall, a crew of maybe half a dozen to a dozen people to talk to, a ship to walk around on, and not much else.
It's more of a "the journey is the destination" thing. Accordingly there are a couple youtube channels documenting such journeys
Ten thousand EV batteries packed into a ship’s hull. What could go wrong?
EV fires are harder to put out, but in every other way this isn't different from any other car carrier
Ten 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.