Desperate Tesla owners in and around Chicago were seen trying to charge their vehicles with no luck amid the frigid temperatures that have gripped the Midwest.
Charging stations have essentially become car graveyards in recent days as temperatures have fallen into negative double digits, Fox Chicago reported.
“Nothing. No juice. Still at zero percent,” Tyler Beard, who had been trying to charge his Tesla at an Oak Brook, Illinois, Tesla Supercharging station since Sunday afternoon, told the news outlet. “And this “It’s like three hours out here after being here three hours yesterday.”
Beard and several other Tesla owners were trying to charge their cars amid long lines and abandoned cars at other Tesla charging stations in the Chicago area, the news station reported.
“This is crazy. It’s a disaster. Seriously,” said Tesla owner Chalis Mizelle.
Someone pushes a Tesla at a Chicago-area vehicle charging station, where many electric vehicles have been forced to remain parked amid frigid temperatures. FOX 32Chicago
Mizelle said she abandoned her car and a friend gave her a ride after his car didn’t charge her.
“We have a lot of dead robots here,” one man said.
Kevin Sumrak told the Fox station that he landed Sunday night at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and found his Tesla dead and unable to start.
Charging stations have become car graveyards for Teslas as temperatures have fallen into negative double digits, Fox Chicago reported. FOX 32 Chicago A visibly frustrated man stands near a Tesla that failed to charge at a Chicago-area charging station on Monday. FOX 32Chicago
He was forced to hire a tow truck to transport the vehicle to a working charging station.
One expert told the news outlet that cold weather can affect the ability of electric vehicles to charge properly.
“It’s not about plug and play. You have to precondition the battery, which means you have to get the battery to the optimal temperature to accept fast charging,” said Mark Bilek of the Chicago Auto Trade Association.
FOX Business reached out to Tesla but has not yet heard back.
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