Neil Young has issued a statement following the million-dollar blaze in his warehouse last week that destroyed a lot of his memorabilia and damaged his electric car, LincVolt.
“We are thankful that no-one was hurt in the fire at our Warehouse last week,” Neil said in a statement. “My wife Pegi and I would like to thank the Belmont-San Carlos Fire Dept for doing such an exemplary job. A lot of archival items were threatened and the Fire Department did a First Class job protecting them. We are lucky to have these professionals in our area. Rest assured that we have the very best Fire Rescue and Protection with the Belmont-San Carlos Fire Dept”.
“However LincVolt suffered a disastrous accidental fire stemming from human error. The car was plugged in to charge and left unattended. The wall charging system was not completely tested and had never been left unattended. A mistake was made. It was not the fault of the car”.
“So now we pick up the pieces”.
“We are rebuilding. The reason we started this project has not changed. As a nation we are still excessively burning fossil fuels, doing damage to our planet that will hurt our children's lives and future generations as well. Our project is to demonstrate alternative energies for transportation that are clean. We're still in a race against time. On a project like this, setbacks happen for a reason and we can see that very well from here. "Barn's burnt down. Now I can see the moon."
LinkVolt was presented at the SEMA convention in Las Vegas just one week before the fire.
“Now she's back in her staging area and pieces are being assembled,” Young says. “We have done this before and know much more now. Our accumulated knowledge will help this process. We have a solid committed team. This is an opportunity”.
“Our rebuilding LincVolt at Brizio's is beginning now. We have already started the preparation process”.
Despite the setback, Neil will go on with the project. “LV is ready for the next chapter, the next ride. The mission unchanged”.
