ICE announces vehicle auction in Costa Rica as battery fire occurs in Mexico City

The Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) has announced an auction of 196 decommissioned vehicles. The inventory includes 63 motorcycles, 91 pick-ups, 10 trucks, 10 off-road vehicles, 17 station wagons, three quadricycles, one panel van, and one minibus. Base prices start at ¢336,000 for station wagons, while trucks start at ¢736,000 and motorcycles at ¢825,000. The units will be on display at the Rincón Grande de Pavas facility from September 21 to October 2.

In Mexico City, an electric vehicle battery fire broke out at a car dealership in the Nueva Industrial Vallejo neighborhood of the Gustavo A. Madero borough. The fire originated inside a cargo truck containing the batteries and was fueled by flammable materials such as oil, rubber, and gasoline. Emergency services evacuated 30 people, and firefighters successfully extinguished the flames, which had reached heights of over five meters. No injuries were reported.