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Electrify America Partially Shuts Down EV Charging Network
Electrify America has shut down a majority of its high-powered EV chargers at the recommendation of its charging cable technology supplier due to safety concerns.
January 28, 2019
The supplier, HUBER+SUHNER, asked Electrify America to shut down parts of its network that use is high-powered cables to investigate a potential safety issue with tis liquid-cooled cables.
Photo courtesy of Electrify America.
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Electrify America has shut down a majority of its high-powered EV chargers at the recommendation of its charging cable technology supplier due to safety concerns.
The supplier, HUBER+SUHNER, asked Electrify America to shut down parts of its network that use its high-powered cables to investigate a potential safety issue with its liquid-cooled cables, according to Electrify America. The recommendation was issued to all of HUBER+SUHNERS’ customers using the technology worldwide.
The high-powered chargers feature a 150kW to 350kW range.
Electrify America chargers not affected by the high-power cable issue will remain open and available for use, the company stated. The 50kW CCS chargers, all CHAdeMO connectors, and L2 chargers are not impacted.
Click here to view stations that will remain open.
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