GE WattStation Vindicated; Nissan Accepts Blame For Leaf Charging Problems

GE WattStation Vindicated; Nissan Accepts Blame For Leaf Charging Problems:

By Jeff Cobb

On July 16 we reported GE WattStation chargers were suspected in Nissan Leaf charging issues, but since that time the fault has been traced to the car, not GE’s product, which the company has been fully assertive in pointing out.

The original story that GE Energy’s charger was being looked at as a possible cause for Leaf charging system failures began to circulate among the press after an initial piece by plugincars.com.

When we wrote our brief news 12 days ago, the first commenter was GE’s Sean Gannon, Global Media Relations and Public Affairs, who was sure to document points in an effort of public relations damage control.
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