Posted on 01/16/2024 11:51:12 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Desperate Tesla owners in and around Chicago were seen trying to charge their vehicles with no luck amid frigid temperatures that have gripped the Midwest.
Charging stations have essentially turned into car graveyards in recent days as temperatures have dropped to the negative double digits, Fox Chicago reported.
"Nothing. No juice. Still on zero percent," Tyler Beard, who had been trying to recharge his Tesla at an Oak Brook, Illinois Tesla supercharging station since Sunday afternoon, told the news outlet. "And this is like three hours being out here after being out here three hours yesterday."
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Not your typical generator setup, plus the car/ power supply has complex handshaking for battery state, YOU CANNOT FAST charge a frozen battery or even a very cold one. The car tells the power supply to slowly provide sufficient power to warm the battery... and so much more.
Even more reason to mandate all Public Employee’s nationwide exclusively use EV’s for all travel and be prohibited from using, owning or possessing any ICE powered vehicle of any kind.
If ‘westworld’ was a fantasy resort where all the targets were democrats, rinos & progressives...
Yup—this and the Iowa caucus are a great way to start the New Year.
There must be thousands of electric vehicles broken down like bricks from Chicago to Dallas with the cold snap.
Many, not all public employees do next to nothing at work.
And they are all overpaid, adding a new car for every one, about 15-20% of the workforce
2.87 million people work for the federal government,... 100k per car... insurance... maintenance...charging...
Half a trillion dollars or more... even my Senators and Reps aren’t that stupid, I hope????????????
OK, they might go for it.
Let them eat snow...
It’s cold alright, Got to go pour some cold weather concrete and keep it from freezing with some salamander heaters they are~very green and fossil fueled too, gotta do what you gotta do.
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