A hybrid owned by rock legend Neil Young is being blamed for a San Francisco warehouse fire. The November 9th fire, which wiped out paintings, instruments, and vintage cars owned by the singer, is being blamed on a battery powered 1959 Lincoln Continental. The LincVolt served as the inspiration for last year’s Fork in the Road.
Young places the blame for the blame squarely on human error, not on the battery-powered vehicle. “The car was plugged in to charge and left unattended,” Young told the press. “The wall charging system was not completely tested and had never been left unattended. A mistake was made. It was not the fault of the car.”
While firefighters were able to safe most of the goods stored in the space, the damage from the fire totaled around $1 million.
According to The Guardian, Young plans to build a similar vehicle with parts from a 1958 model that he received as a gift from him wife on his 65th birthday. “Barn’s burnt down,” Young cited a quote from Mizuta Masahide, a Japanese poet. “Now I can see the moon.”
His mission of exposing the dangers of fossil fuels remains unchanged.
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