You may have heard that rock legend Neil Young's music storage warehouse caught on fire on November 9 in San Carlos, CA. My newspaper reports that the fire was started by his 1959 Lincoln Continental EV which is powered by batteries fueled by a biodiesel-powered electric generator. Neil Young named the car LincVolt and it has been displayed in several auto shows, including the SEMA car show in Las Vegas earlier this month.
The article reports that while the exact cause of the fire is still being probed, Young wrote in a statement that "it seems to be an operator error that occurred in an untested part of the charging system". He further stated that "we are investigating the components involved with the plug-in charging."
Firefighters managed to save at least 70% of the building's contents, including five other classic cars. The fire severely damaged the car and also caused an estimated $850,000 in damage to the contents of the 10,000 sf warehouse. Damage to the building was estimated at $250,000.
Young had just returned from an appearance at the Specialty Equipment Market Association car show in Las Vegas, where he delivered a talk on the hybrid. He told the audience that he loved the LincVolt.
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