While the Zenvo ST1 that burned down on Top Gear reportedly suffered a cooling fan failure, the one that recently exploded at a parade in Denmark, actually had a faulty fuel line.
We’re not making this up or guessing, as Zenvo reached out to us with an official statement which you can read below:
“Preliminary inspections of the white ST1 point towards a fuel line failure, which unfortunately caused a fire underneath the car.
The car we used particularly for this event, was a development car with our brand new gearbox among the many new features being tested.
However, as the car is a development car, it is important to note that it is different from our current 11 production cars in many ways, and that our production cars undergo a thorough quality and shakedown test before being delivered to customers.
We will perform a full and thorough inspection over the next couple of days to determine the exact cause of this problem.”
So basically, it was a pre-production car that was still basically testing; nothing to worry about here, then.
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