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Shortage of EV chargers leaves Chevy Bolts sitting unused in parking lot after being discontinued by General Motors [Video]

A PUBLIC parking lot has filled with more than two dozen depleted Chevy Bolts after charging issues plagued the fleet of EVs.

The fleet of Chevy Bolts, purchased with the guidance of federal funding, has been sunk by a charging shortage in a community, according to local reports.

A Chevy Bolt sits in a GM parking lot (stock image)Credit: AP

A municipal parking lot has filled with 27 Bolts in Connecticut, according to the New Haven Independent.

Last year, New Haven’s government purchased 43 Bolts from GM, hoping to make the zero-emissions jump.

However, the city may not have implemented enough charging infrastructure to maintain the fleet, the publication reported.

“We jumped to get the number of Bolts that we did in part because it was such a good deal,” Steve Winter, the executive director of climate and sustainability in the city, told the publication.

“At the time, the Bolt was the only union-made …

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Utah trolled with 4,000 hoax reports of trans bathroom ban violations in 3 days [Video]

Less than 72 hours after the launch of a reporting form to help Utah enforce its transgender bathroom ban, the Utah auditors office says it has received nearly 4,000 complaints and all of them appear to be bogus.