Photo shows the remains of 2012 Fisker Karma after a fire engulfed the vehicle last week.
Posted on 05/10/2012 2:27:07 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Photo shows the remains of 2012 Fisker Karma after a fire engulfed the vehicle last week.
A $100,000 electric car is suspected in sparking a fire at a Sugar Land home last week, according to media reports.
Fort Bend County chief fire investigator Robert Baker told AutoWeek that a newly purchased Fisker Karma sparked a fire that quickly spread to the rest of the home.
“The Karma was the origin of the fire, but what exactly caused that we don’t know at this time,” Baker told the news outlet.
According to his lawyers, Jeremy Gutierrez said his two-week old Karma caught fire soon after he parked the luxury sedan at his home in Sugar Land. The car owner said he smelt rubber rubber before seeing flames coming from the vehicle. The fire spread from the car to the garage before damaging other parts of the home.
Gutierrez told the website that he was able to get his wife, mother and a child from their house. No one was injured in the blaze. Two other vehicles were destroyed by the fire and the home was damaged............
According to the news story, Gutierrez has asked the automaker to end its probe immediately after the company said Tuesday that it “hadn’t ruled out fraud or malicious intent.”.........
Fisker, which received a $529 million federal loan, has encountered a series of glitches and recalls. The most notable was the high-end sedan breaking down during a Consumer Report test.
In that case, the car was only a few days old and had less than 200 miles on its odometer.
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Nah, first you make a roux, then you get the smelt!
My only question is: Why is that stupid thing at somebody’s house in TEXAS, of all places?
It never was. OED recognises only two "smelts": the fish, and the process of extracting metal from ore.
How many Car-bonfire credits did Algore sell for that?
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