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Fri Dec 2, 2022, 12:18 AM Dec 2022

Two electric vehicles left undriveable after plugging into Horseshoe Bay station

It was around noon last Thursday when Jenny Sopcak’s daughter went to the electric vehicle charging station in Horseshoe Bay.

She plugged in the Nissan Leaf and stayed in the car while she gave it a quick charge.

“When she pushed the button to turn the car on all the dashboard lights lit up and the car was basically inoperable,” Sopcak told Global News.

“She couldn’t put it into forward or reverse. It was clear something catastrophic had happened so we called the dealership and they just said, ‘Yeah, it needs to be towed’.”

https://globalnews.ca/news/9319575/electric-vehicles-undriveable-horseshoe-bay-charging-station/

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Two Leafs damaged at the same time. They better get a warning out to any other users of this type of charger. It could turn into a very expensive issue if the chargers don't "speak" properly with the cars that are plugged into them.

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Two electric vehicles left undriveable after plugging into Horseshoe Bay station (Original Post) OnlinePoker Dec 2022 OP
Design Issues yankee87 Dec 2022 #1
That's why I'm waiting until all the mistakes are fixed to buy an electric car. jimfields33 Dec 2022 #2

jimfields33

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2. That's why I'm waiting until all the mistakes are fixed to buy an electric car.
Fri Dec 2, 2022, 08:22 AM
Dec 2022

Hopefully by 2035, everything will be smooth. I figure by then infrastructure and different problems will be taken care of.

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