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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 970765" data-attributes="member: 12952">[h=1]Another Electric Car Causes Fire[/h]Last&nbsp; week, a fire badly damaged the home of a new Fisker Karma owner, and&nbsp; authorities are saying that the electric car was the source of the&nbsp; blaze.&nbsp;According&nbsp; to Fort Bend County, Texas, chief fire investigator Robert Baker, the&nbsp; Fisker Karma started the fire that spread to the house.&nbsp;“Yes, the&nbsp; Karma was the origin of the fire, but what exactly caused that we don&#039;t&nbsp; know at this time,” he said. The car was a complete loss.&nbsp;<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/05/fisker-karma-blamed-for-setting-texas-home-on-fire/1%23.T6pU_b-5LQN" target="_blank">Oops</a>.&nbsp;According&nbsp; to the report, the Karma car, which was not plugged in, caught fire&nbsp; less than three minutes after being driven into the garage and that the&nbsp; battery remains intact.Right before the fire, the owner reported a smell of burning rubber.&nbsp;“The car was brand-new,” said Baker. “He still had paper tags on it, so it was 60 days old at [most].”&nbsp;According to Baker, the Karma was a post-recall vehicle bought in April...&nbsp;Baker&nbsp; estimated damages at roughly $100,000, not including the other two&nbsp; vehicles in the garage, a Mercedes-Benz SUV and an Acura NSX.&nbsp;“This&nbsp; looks just like golf cart fires we have down here,” said Baker. The&nbsp; suburban Houston area has approximately 50 golf cart fires a year, he&nbsp; said.&nbsp;Golf carts use...lithium-ion batteries.&nbsp; Like the Fisker Karma.&nbsp; And the Chevy Volt.“I&#039;ve worked homicide scenes with less secrecy,” Baker added. “There&nbsp; have to be about 15 engineers down here working on this one.”When reached for comment, Fisker had this to say:&nbsp;Last&nbsp; week, Fisker Automotive was made aware of a garage fire involving three&nbsp; vehicles, including a Karma sedan, that were parked at a&nbsp; newly-constructed residence in Sugar Land, Texas. There were no&nbsp; injuries.&nbsp;There are&nbsp; conflicting reports and uncertainty surrounding this particular&nbsp; incident. The cause of the fire is not yet known and is being&nbsp; investigated.<a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/09/chevy-volt-esque-fisker-karma-causes-fire" target="_blank">Another Electric Car Causes Fire</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 970765, member: 12952"] [h=1]Another Electric Car Causes Fire[/h] Last week, a fire badly damaged the home of a new Fisker Karma owner, and authorities are saying that the electric car was the source of the blaze. According to Fort Bend County, Texas, chief fire investigator Robert Baker, the Fisker Karma started the fire that spread to the house. “Yes, the Karma was the origin of the fire, but what exactly caused that we don't know at this time,” he said. The car was a complete loss. [URL="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/05/fisker-karma-blamed-for-setting-texas-home-on-fire/1%23.T6pU_b-5LQN"]Oops[/URL]. According to the report, the Karma car, which was not plugged in, caught fire less than three minutes after being driven into the garage and that the battery remains intact. Right before the fire, the owner reported a smell of burning rubber. “The car was brand-new,” said Baker. “He still had paper tags on it, so it was 60 days old at [most].” According to Baker, the Karma was a post-recall vehicle bought in April... Baker estimated damages at roughly $100,000, not including the other two vehicles in the garage, a Mercedes-Benz SUV and an Acura NSX. “This looks just like golf cart fires we have down here,” said Baker. The suburban Houston area has approximately 50 golf cart fires a year, he said. Golf carts use...lithium-ion batteries. Like the Fisker Karma. And the Chevy Volt. “I've worked homicide scenes with less secrecy,” Baker added. “There have to be about 15 engineers down here working on this one.” When reached for comment, Fisker had this to say: Last week, Fisker Automotive was made aware of a garage fire involving three vehicles, including a Karma sedan, that were parked at a newly-constructed residence in Sugar Land, Texas. There were no injuries. There are conflicting reports and uncertainty surrounding this particular incident. The cause of the fire is not yet known and is being investigated. [url=http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/09/chevy-volt-esque-fisker-karma-causes-fire]Another Electric Car Causes Fire[/url] [/QUOTE]

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