Isabel Sandoval, a young Latina from Chicago, featured in a TikTok video A queue of electric cars waiting to use a charger at a station in the Country Club Hills suburb.
“Four charging stations don’t work, and four others do,” Sandoval says as he shows how he only has 3% battery left in his Tesla. During the 3 hour wait.
‘Graveyard’ of electric cars
Isabel Sandoval saw compared to the other two Electric cars “died” because the charger did not reach them in time. The image was strange, many cars Covered with snow or ice and removed. All this happened in the middle of an Arctic cold front that affected almost the entire United States.
Sandoval, who has owned a Tesla for 4 years, starts the video by saying: “If you’re planning on buying a Tesla, this is your signal to save time and money: Don’t do it!”
A similar scene was seen in suburban Oak Brook.Where hundreds of electric cars waited for hours for the charger.
cold and electric car battery
AAA spokesperson Andre EL Khouri explains that Batteries perform less in cold weather, Which affects electric cars during the cold conditions that Chicago is experiencing.
“If your electric car has a normal range of 300 miles, the range will be much less during the cold”Warned El Khoury.
If you decide to hit the roads with an electric car, They ask you to check the nearest charging centersAnd always calculate your distance range per battery in minus.
Univision Chicago Team He requested a statement from the Tesla company, which has not yet responded.
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