A Danish owner of an electric car learned the hard way that trying to increase a battery-powered vehicle's range on your own can have unfavorable, even deadly, results.
The electric car caught fire, according to Danish police, when the owner tried to warm the battery by placing a live toaster underneath the carport-parked vehicle, as reported by the Associated Press.
An electric car loses charge more quickly in colder climates because its battery does not function as well in these conditions.
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Denmark's COPENHAGEN (AP) — According to police on Monday, an electric car in southern, Denmark was destroyed in a fire that started from a toaster that the owner had placed underneath it to warm up the battery.
According to the police, they "strongly discourage" anyone from using that technique to heat power cells.
According to a daily report from the police, "the toaster that the owner of the car had placed under the front of his car to keep the battery warm is most likely the cause of the fire."
Copenhagen, Denmark (AP) — Police in southern Denmark reported on Monday that an electric car was completely destroyed in a fire that originated from a toaster the owner had positioned underneath the vehicle to preheat the battery.
The police state that they "strongly discourage" anyone from heating power cells in that manner.
Police reported every day that "the toaster that the owner of the car had placed under the front of his car to keep the battery warm is most likely the cause of the fire."
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