Porsche AG, the sports car unit of Germany's Volkswagen AG
(VOW.XE), said Wednesday a fire Tuesday night in one of its
prototype cars wasn't due to an electronic drive.
The problem appears to be due to measurement instrumentation and
not the automotive engineering, a spokesman told Dow Jones.
On Tuesday night in the German city of Ludwigsburg, a Porsche
prototype with an alternative drive went up in flames due to a
technical defect, causing extensive damages, the police said.
According to the sports car maker, the employee drove the car
home after work. He later noticed a fire in the garage and alerted
the fire department.
Porsche declined to say which model was involved in the blaze,
saying only it was a model that isn't yet on the market.
Write to Nico Schmidt at nico.schmidt@dowjones.com
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