How did the Arctic Front create an 'electric car graveyard' at Tesla charging stations?

Isabel Sandoval, a young Latina from Chicago, showed off in a TikTok video A line of electric cars waiting to use a charger at a station in the Country Club Hills suburb.

“Four charging stations aren't working, and four others are working,” Sandoval says, when he shows that his Tesla's battery has only 3% left. Within 3 hours of waiting.

Isabel Sandoval noted From two others Electric cars “died” because they did not reach the charger in time. The picture was strange, several cars Covered with snow or ice and unloaded. All this in the middle of the Arctic cold front, which has hit almost the entire United States.

Sandoval, who has owned a Tesla for four years, begins the video by saying: “If you're planning to buy a Tesla, this is your sign to save time and money: Don't do it!”

A similar scene occurred in the suburb of Oak BrookWhere hundreds of electric cars waited for long hours to receive a charger.

This is explained by Andre El Khoury, AAA spokesperson Batteries perform less during cold weather, Which affects electric cars during the extremely cold conditions experienced by Chicago.

“If the normal range is 300 miles in your electric car, that range will be much less during the cold.”The priest warns.

If you decide to take the road with an electric car, They ask you to check the nearest charging centersand always calculate the distance range for each battery by subtraction.

Univision Chicago team He requested a statement from Tesla, which has not yet responded.