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Tesla sues maker of ‘highly unsafe’ breakaway EV charging adapters

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The Escape Connector sits between the car’s port and the EV charger’s plug. | Image: EVject

Tesla suing a company that makes a MagSafe-style connector designed to let EV owners make a quick escape from a charging stall if they feel their safety is threatened.

The automaker alleges that the Escape Connector by company EVject is “highly unsafe and poses a high risk of injury to person and/or property,” according to the lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California last week.

Tesla is calling on the court to block EVject from calling the product safe, ban the import of the adapter in the US, and make the company pay no less than $75,000 in damages.

GIF: EVject

You can’t exactly just drive away; you first need to use your touchscreen to stop the charging session.

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