In case you’re unaware, it’s cold in most of the U.S. right now — like, cold-cold. Here in St. Louis, we’ve had subzero lows and barely above-zero highs on a couple of days. It’s not the kind of cold you can enjoy. It’s the kind of cold you endure while you anxiously look forward to journeys back above the freezing mark.
I mean, it’s winter — it’s supposed to be cold. Which is all well and good. As long as you don’t have an electric vehicle in need of a charge. Unfortunately, EV owners in and around Chicago found that out the hard way. It seems the charging stations are just like many of us: They don’t like the bitter cold either. Not only that — they don’t work in the bitter cold. Instead, they freeze over, making it next to impossible to recharge your EV’s battery.
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