Cargo ship on fire, carrying 800 electric vehicles, finally sinks in Pacific.

The Morning Midas is now resting 16,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. After burning for weeks, the car carrier was lost in heavy seas, making it the ninth car carrier lost in just the past decade. The big question now: did electric vehicles play a role in the fire that forced the crew to abandon ship?

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