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EV driver charged $418 at dealership charger listed as public on EVgo app
Summary by The Detroit Editorial Desk Evan Sery , WXYZ Channel 7 (ABC Detroit) - News
· August 26, 2026
· 1 min read
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Key points The cost was more than $400 for less than an hour of charging. The charging session in question lasted 44 minutes and was facilitated by an app that listed the charger as publicly available.
A driver of a rental electric vehicle received a substantial charge for a charging session. The cost was more than $400 for less than an hour of charging. This incident occurred after the driver used an app to find a nearby charging point.
The driver had been using the vehicle to drop off a friend and was heading home when the battery ran low. Further details about this incident are available through a video report.
The charging session in question lasted 44 minutes and was facilitated by an app that listed the charger as publicly available.
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Category: News Published: August 26, 2026 Source: WXYZ Channel 7 (ABC Detroit) - News Reading time: 1 min
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