https://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/local_news/battery-fire-damages-disney-car/article_dff47a73-50a4-578a-8d3c-736f868e241d.html Battery fire damages Disney car Oct 25, 2018 Ray Lamont
An electric-powered car was damaged in a battery-related fire Thursday. That may not sound like big news on the surface — except that the car, a replica of a 1908 Scarlet, was used by the Walt Disney Company in films and stage productions. It is expected to run again, its owners say. Firefighters fielded a call at 4:27 p.m. Wednesday reporting a car fire at Advanced Technologies auto repair at 23 Kondelin Road [map https://goo.gl/maps/wJG8ki87ce92 ], Gloucester Deputy Fire Chief Steve Aiello said. Once on the scene, they found that the car had caught fire when owners were changing the vehicle's complex batteries. One of the batteries apparently "shorted out," Aiello said. Lee Malo, who co-owns Advanced Technologies [atechtuning.com] with his wife, Victoria, and who owns the classic car in partnership with Richard Benoit of Salem, explained that the replica car's batteries are built into 16 modules, and each "brick" includes 440 small batteries, he said. "(The modules) run 24 volts each, so we were working with a 48-volt system," Malo said, "and one of them exploded." Malo said the offending battery cell had likely been damaged in flooding last year, and the "explosion" sent batteries sailing as much as 30 feet into the air. But there were no injuries and firefighters put down the blaze without incident. Victoria Malo said that, while, the car's battery system and battery compartment were damaged, other parts of the vehicle can be repaired. Lee Malo also said the replica — christened "Miss Daisy" and apparently built in the 1970s — last ran when showcased in a Peabody Santa parade. But he, too, anticipated he'll once again be will be driving Miss Daisy soon, returning to presentations on area roadways in the near future. "At first, we just bought it (from a collector) to have it here at the shop," Lee Malo said, "but then we found we could do things with it." Victoria Malo said the vehicle and its original served in a number of Disney productions, including as a prop car for Disney musicals. The car also served as a parade car representing Disney when the company joined in community celebrations. "The basic frame of the car is still intact," she said, "so it should be OK." Ray Lamont can be reached at 978-675-2705, or rlamont @gloucestertimes.com . [© gloucestertimes.com] https://www.gloucestertimes.com/battery-fire-damages-disney-car-co-owned-by-salem-man/article_7812af9a-39bd-57fd-bfd7-e9590c948291.html Battery fire damages Disney car co-owned by Salem man Oct 25, 2018 ... Battery fire damages Disney car co-owned by Salem man ... we were working with a 48-volt system," Malo said, "and one of them exploded." Malo said the offending battery cell had likely been damaged in flooding last year, ... Lee Malo also said the replica — christened "Miss Daisy" and apparently built in ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
