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EV Owner Billed $418 for Single Dealership Charging Session

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A man in Clinton Township, Michigan, was unexpectedly billed $418 for a single electric vehicle charging session at Elder Hyundai. The dealership had listed its EV charger as publicly accessible, leading to the unusual charge. The incident was reported by the EV blog Electrek and subsequently shared on Slashdot. AI

RANK_REASON This is a minor anecdote about an unusual billing error for EV charging, not a significant industry event.

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EV Owner Billed $418 for Single Dealership Charging Session

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This is a minor anecdote about an unusual billing error for EV charging, not a significant industry event.
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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 A Man Charged His EV at a Dealership - and Was Billed $418 The EV blog Electrek reports: A Clinton Township, Michigan man was charged $418 for a single EV cha

    📰 A Man Charged His EV at a Dealership - and Was Billed $418 The EV blog Electrek reports: A Clinton Township, Michigan man was charged $418 for a single EV charging session at Elder Hyundai's Macomb Township store after finding the charger listed as publicl... 📰 Source: Slashdot…

    LINKS hardware.slashdot.org/…/a-man-charged-his…

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