I have to disagree. Is it even a huge surprise? Yes, you would hope that it would never happen, but this is clearly part of the growing pains of a massively growing industry.
But bad news for enthusiasts? That overstates it’s impact on the industry. It’s a sign of the growing industry, the need to improve the technology, and manage its risks. Bad incident, but not necessarily impactful to enthusiasts. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Feb 20, 2020, at 7:08 AM, paul dove via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > That is not good news for EV enthusiasts. Sorry to hear that.... > > Who thinks it was the wiring in the garage rather than the car? > > On Thursday, February 20, 2020, 7:17:40 AM CST, evln via EV > <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > https://gulfnews.com/auto/news/brand-new-taycan-porsches-first-electric-vehicle-goes-up-in-flames---destroys-garage-it-was-parked-in-too-1.1582186583616 > Brand new Taycan, Porsche's first electric vehicle, goes up in flames - > destroys garage it was parked in too... > February 20, 2020 Imran Malik > > [video > https://youtu.be/dJ-inHgc8-E > Porsche Taycan Fire and Explosion in a Florida Garage > ] > > A brand-new Taycan, Porsche’s first electric vehicle, caught fire and was > burnt to a crisp in Florida while it was parked in a residential garage. > > The fire totally gutted the EV and also caused thousands of dollars in > damages to the garage where it was parked overnight - but fortunately there > were no reported injuries. A full investigation is currently ongoing. > > “Late on the 16th of February, we were made aware of an incident at a > residential address where one of our cars was parked overnight. We are > investigating and we remain ready to assist if called upon. We are relieved > to hear that no one was harmed in this incident, and that it’s too early to > speculate on the cause until the investigation has concluded,” read a > statement from Porsche. > > At this point in time, it is not clear how the sports saloon caught fire – > but it is the first reported incident involving Porsche’s first electric > car. > > However, this isn’t the first EV to catch fire; several high-profile models > have gone up in smoke including a Jaguar I-Pace, Hyundai Kona EV, and a > Tesla Model S while Audi recalled a few hundred E-Trons due to faulty > batteries. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
