Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), which have been growing in popularity, suffered their latest high-profile casualty yesterday when a Bt10-million (S$422,000) Porsche Panamera caught fire while recharging its battery in Bangkok’s Taling Chan district.
The fire also damaged the owner’s luxury home where the vehicle was being recharged overnight.
AAS Auto Service Co, the authorised distributor of Porsche in Thailand, said the damaged car had not been purchased from the firm but from an independent importer.
Source: Asia One