Emma Sutcliffe

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Emma Sutcliffe is the Project Director of EV FireSafe. Established to better understand risk and enhance emergency responder safety, EV FireSafe has created the only global database of verified EV battery fires, with a particular focus on management of incidents at EV charging hubs. This work, which received funded from the Department of Defence, is subsequently engaging with a worldwide network of fire and battery experts, EV manufacturers and charging specialists to test theories, share knowledge and benefit from incident learnings.

An ICE vehicle converted to electric caused this battery fire while charging on a passenger ferry on its way to Copenhagen. Image courtesy of MsCandy

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Electric vehicle fires on ships

The Felicity Ace and her cargo of thousands of burnt vehicles – some of them electric – built by the Volkswagen Group is now several kilometres beneath the Atlantic. What do we actually know about electric vehicle fires on ships,…