Cars refused to charge
Abnormal frosts in American Chicago reached minus 20 °C. Because of this, electric vehicle charging stations stopped working.
Over the past few days, public charging stations across Chicago have turned into «cemeteries for electric vehicles», as reported by IT Home with a link from Fox32Chicago.
Tesla owner Tyler Beard said that his Tesla was parked at the Supercharger station in Oak Brook, but the battery charge could not increase: «The car has been here for six hours. I stayed here for three hours yesterday, but charging never started.
He became one of many Tesla owners waiting to charge. Similar scenes played out at other charging stations in the Chicago area. Long lines of abandoned electric vehicles formed everywhere. Another Tesla owner, Chalice Mizelle, said: “This is crazy, this is a disaster.” Since she couldn't charge, she had to abandon her car and drive away in a friend's car.
«We have a bunch of dead robots here»,— This is how another car owner described the situation, who landed at O'Hare airport on Sunday evening and found that his Tesla was not responding. He was forced to hire a tow truck and drive around the city looking for working charging stations.
Tesla did not respond to media requests.