{"id":3524,"date":"2013-09-02T17:42:07","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T16:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3524"},"modified":"2013-09-02T17:42:07","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T16:42:07","slug":"walkie-talkie-melts-jaguar-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/09\/02\/walkie-talkie-melts-jaguar-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Walkie Talkie Skyscraper in London Melts Jaguar Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so we may be exaggerating here! But this did actually happen &#8230; Witness the power of the sun! Go Solar Power!<\/p>\n<h2>The Walkie Talkie<\/h2>\n<p>The new 37-storey London skyscraper (aka \u201cWalkie Talkie\u201d because of its shape) has been reflecting sunlight which has melted parts of a Jaguar car parked on a nearby street: Eastcheap on Thursday afternoon. It only took two hours to melt parts of his car including the wing mirror and badge. The total cost of damage \u00a3946 in repairs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3527\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3527\" style=\"width: 634px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3527\" title=\"The Walkie Talkie Skyscraper in London\" alt=\"The Walkie Talkie Skyscraper in London\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/walkie-talkie-building.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/walkie-talkie-building.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/walkie-talkie-building-300x269.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Walkie Talkie Skyscraper in London<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The Owner of The Jaguar<\/h2>\n<p>Mr Lindsay (the owner of the car) said he \u201cCould not believe\u201d the damage. \u201cYou can\u2019t believe something like this would happen. They\u2019ve got to do something about it. It could be dangerous. Imagine if the sun reflected on the wrong part of the body?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3526\" style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3526 \" title=\"Proof of Melted Jaguar\" alt=\"Proof of Melted Jaguar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SolarPowerMeltedJaguar.jpg\" width=\"464\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SolarPowerMeltedJaguar.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.thesolarcentre.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SolarPowerMeltedJaguar-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proof of Melted Jaguar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The Developers<\/h2>\n<p>The developers have apologised and paid for repairs. They left the following note on this windscreen: \u201cYour car\u2019s bucked; could you give us a call?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement, developers Land Securities and Canary Wharf said \u201cWe are aware of concerns regarding the light reflecting from 20 Fenchurch Street and are looking into the matter. As a precautionary measure, the City of London has agreed to suspend three parking bays in the area which may be affected while we investigate the situation further.<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Walkie Talkie Skyscraper Melts Jaguar Car Parts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-london-23930675\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Walkie-Talkie&#8217; Skyscraper Melts Jaguar Car Parts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so we may be exaggerating here! But this did actually happen &#8230; Witness the power of the sun! Go Solar Power! 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