Join Francie, Kyle, Ryan & special guest Merchy Bautista as they cover the recent story of freezing EVs in Chicago. The team goes into the details, asks Merchy about his first hand experience driving an EV in the city, the imperative tasks of preconditioning batteries and warming up EVs, the pressure on public charging, where the responsibility lies for charging operators and EV manufacturers, and get to the truth behind the story! - Merchy's Links (give him a follow, like, and subscribe!) Youtube https://youtube.com/@ChargingtheRoad?si=ZQ2WzPRr-LxNFtMW Twitter (whats X?) @TheRealMerchy Instagram @chargingtheroad - Rate Your Charge X post: https://twitter.com/RateYourCharge/status/1747077669915697208 - Merchy's X post: https://twitter.com/TheRealMerchy/status/1747069547532685723 The - Cybertruck Guy's X post: https://twitter.com/cybrtrkguy/status/1747312760424124822?s=42- Kyle's Cold Testing on  @OutofSpecReviews : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iooPeJLkXo0Shoutout to our sponsors for more information find their links below:- Star Charge: https://www.starcharge.com/charging?id=20 - Kempower: https://kempower.com/america/charging-solutions/Find us on all of these places:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/outofspecpodcastApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-spec-podcast/id1576636119Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tKIQfKL9oaHc1DLOTWvbdAmazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/473692b9-05b9-41f9-9b38-9f86fbdabee7/OUT-OF-SPEC-PODCASTFor further inquiries please email podcast@outofspecstudios.com#coldweather #tesla #evcharging Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.