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00:00 - OK, Wally, thank you.
00:01 That cold is also causing some big-time headaches
00:03 for Chicago area owners of electric vehicles.
00:05 - Yes, I never thought we'd say this,
00:07 but it's true as Dane Placo reports,
00:09 the low temperatures have caused some headaches
00:11 for owners looking to charge their cars.
00:14 - Electric cars may be the way of the future,
00:17 but it's clear there are some problems
00:19 when it comes to charging them in Chicago's deep freeze.
00:24 - Oh, we got a bunch of dead robots out here.
00:26 - Dead robots.
00:29 - Dead Teslas packed the parking lot
00:31 of this Tesla supercharging station in Oak Brook,
00:34 a scene mirrored at other supercharging stations
00:37 around the Chicago area.
00:38 - Man, this is crazy.
00:40 It's a disaster, seriously.
00:43 - With temperatures falling
00:45 into the negative double digits,
00:47 these charging ports have stopped charging,
00:49 leaving many Tesla owners stranded here
00:52 in long lines since Sunday.
00:54 - Nothing, no juice, it's still on zero percent,
00:57 and this is like three hours this morning being out here,
01:00 after being out here eight hours yesterday.
01:01 - Has it been charging?
01:02 - No, not at all.
01:03 - It just isn't working.
01:04 - At all.
01:05 It's just frozen, and so I'm now getting it towed
01:07 to the Tesla service center
01:09 because that's not really an option at this point.
01:12 - Adding to their frustration,
01:13 they say, is that they're getting no help
01:15 when they call Tesla for assistance.
01:18 - No response from Tesla.
01:20 We have been suffering since yesterday afternoon.
01:23 - These are unusually cold temperatures,
01:25 but do you find this acceptable?
01:27 - No, not at all, not really.
01:29 I think it's less on the actual vehicle
01:32 and more on the infrastructure.
01:34 - Tesla has not responded to our emails for comment,
01:37 but an automobile expert we talked to said
01:40 that the owners of all EVs should hit
01:42 the battery precondition button on their car
01:45 before attempting to charge it in extremely cold weather.
01:48 In Oakbrook, Dane Placco, Fox 32 Chicago.