Dude, a rat ate my plug-in car
Time to clean the garage
Batteries good for people and rodents
The other day a rat ate the wiring in a Chevy Volt left in a parking garage overnight, causing $600 worth of damage according to Cars.com. Apparently, because of the frigid Chicago temperatures, the rat was drawn to the warm battery in the Volt, which maintains a minimum battery temperature even when the battery is fully charged.
Obviously, this can and has happened to non-plug-ins as well, but plug-ins could be particularly intriguing targets for rats because of minimum battery temperatures.
Now that is the best chuckle I have had all day.
Hummmm – I wonder – is this finally the new and improved mouse trap we have been promised for the last 50 years? Just saying, LOL
Hey, maybe there’s a business opportunity in there. Rat traps made specifically to stick near the battery pack so that any nosy rats get busted, literally.
Oops – some engineer forgot to take rats and mice into consideration didn’t they. I guess we should send a design checklist to Detroit to help them out huh, LOL