Now you're just trying to twist the story to match your own personal feelings, there were charging stations shown with empty stalls and empty, abandoned vehicles plugged in, yet suddenly you claim the abandoned vehicles were plugged in "dead, cold soaked, hours later"....
Nope. We don't have the exact details of the story for each car, so I'm giving an example of how insufficient charging infrastructure can delay charging, resulting in lower battery states of charge and colder battery temps, which greatly affect the charging experience.
Neither of us have exact data for how many chargers were available when each person arrived, how long people waited, what their battery temps were, whether they pre-conditioned their batteries in advance, etc.
We DO know, however, that these stations have a history of being insufficient even in good weather (with shorter charge times), and that wait times associated with insufficient infrastructure negatively impact the magnitude of cold-weather issues.
Where is your proof of that?
Let's see your proof of how many cars were there, and how many working chargers were available when each of the stranded cars *arrived*, and that none of them had to wait to charge.
That there were open chargers (which we can't tell if they're working or not even if they're open) whenever the camera crews showed up doesn't come close to proving that there were open, working chargers when the people arrived.
One guy says in the video that he's been there for 3 hours and was there for 8 hours the day before. No way we can tell from the video how many chargers were open (if any) when he arrived the day before, for instance.
All you continue to say is that I'm wrong about "plenty of chargers", even though as I have stated and video evidence clearly shows, empty stalls in charging stations!
Video clearly shows a different time than when the problem originally occurred, and even then, empty stalls don't mean working stations, necessarily.
your claim that all those vehicles were the result of "cold soaked batteries" due to insufficient charging stations is unsubstantiated by video evidence
I didn't claim that ALL the issues were the result of insufficient charging stations, just that the *magnitude* of the issues was increased by insufficient charging stations. The fact that this wasn't a widespread issue at this magnitude despite cold temps across the northern US is far more meaningful data than a couple videos by people who think Audi etrons are Teslas.
, for some of those vehicles that may be the case, but you can't honestly try to claim that was the case with every one of those vehicles.
Fortunately, I didn't claim that.
My claim is that the charging stations in question have a history of being insufficient even in better weather, so it stands to reason that in worse weather, when charging is slower and cars have less range, the issue was similar or worse, leading to
some people waiting, making the
magnitude of the issues worse due to battery usage and cooling.
