Posted on 04/18/2011 10:46:22 PM PDT by smokingfrog
BARKHAMSTED,Conn. -- A hybrid electric Chevrolet Volt believed to have sparked an overnight blaze in a garage in Barkhamsted last week, reignited again on Monday.
The state fire marshal's office is investigating how the electric car parked at a Center Hill Road home caught fire Monday morning.
Last week, homeowners Storm Connors and his wife, Dee, woke up to the sound of a smoke alarm around 4 a.m.
The couple's garage, where they parked their new Chevrolet Volt hybrid, was on fire. Firefighters were able to put out the blaze. A firewall built between the home and the garage saved their home.
Investigators with the state fire marshal's office and the couple's insurance company, at the time, suspected the hybrid car have had something to do with the blaze.
On Monday morning, firefighters were called back to the home when the car caught fire again.
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” Theres a huge windfarm ... I just cant see that they amount to anything useful. “
Well, they’re about to do the big wind farm in Nantucket Sound (the one Teddy Kennedy objected to because he could see it from HIS house), and it will double the cost of electricity to the Cape Cod consumers it serves. How can you say it doesn’t amount to anything? It’s redistributing wealth, isn’t it?
“The Chevy Volt, blazing a path into the future.”
My Pinto was great. I stuck a Flammable sticker on the back and nobody ran over me.
10 hours to recharge with 120v
4 hours to recharge with 240v
https://www.homecharging.spx.com/volt/Default.aspx?menu=22
LOL! Der Fuhrer’s Voltswagen doesn’t seem to be as big a seller as the other Fuhrer’s “Beetle”.
The lady here says Chevy BIC is an ideal name. Its a disposable car anyway.
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