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It's so cold, Teslas are struggling to charge in Chicago


The car owners' plight at several Supercharger stations became an emblem of the misery extreme cold is inflicting on wide sections of the U.S.

Snow covers the Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park after a winter storm in Chicago last Friday. Snow covers the Cloud Gate sculpture in Millennium Park after a winter storm in Chicago last Friday. Anyone who has seen their phone's charge indicator sink when they walk out into frigid air, only to rebound when back inside, has seen how cold can impair the batteries.

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