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The article title really is clickbait. Neither the car nor charger exploded, and neither seemed to be harmed.
The driver was not knocked to the ground, but seemed to trip and fall when startled.
The only thing damaged was a knockoff adapter that was not certified to be used.
The only thing damaged was a knockoff adapter that was not certified to be used.
Ok this makes more sense:
The driver said he had used it many times without issue but it was not certified in Canada, nor approved by Tesla, the report found.
Almost every battery fire or issue I'm seeing is because of knock off/temu batteries and equipment
or maybe not, reddit had more info
The conclusions reached by TSBC that the cause of the incident was due to a malfunction inside the charging station, not with A2Z EV's adapter were consistent with the technical findings provided in our report.
https://a2zev.com/blogs/press/a2z-ev-statement-on-the-hope-bc-charging-incident
Bought cheap EV charger adapter and found out.
This shit was just a matter of time... These things and those Tesla extension cords.
Temu and aliexpress are one thing, but this trash is all over the place on Amazon too.