Marine insurers call on manufacturers to make transportation of EVs safer
The UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency has published best practice guidance for the safe carriage and charging of electric vehicles on board ro-ro passenger ferries, however insurers believe it's on EV manufacturers to do more to make the EV’s safer to transport.
Five months after car carrier Felicity Ace caught fire transporting thousands of vehicles from the Volkswagen Group, some believed to be electric, MCA has published guidance covering the
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