Tourists paid 1,200 euros for charging an electric car in a Madrid gas station, equivalent to 12 days of uninterrupted charging. The couple asks to return the money.
Electric cars begin to be more and more frequent on Spanish roads, as well as charging points, currently are 20,000 in operation. The price of recharge of the battery will depend on the type of pregnancy and the rate chosen, although a couple of French retirees have taken an unpleasant surprise.
John Stefan was traveling to Madrid with his wife. The marriage, from the French city of Chenac-Saint-Seurin-D’uzet, to the southwest of the country, was happy in its escape to the Spanish capital, but an invoice when charging an electric car transformed its journey into a nightmare.
1,200 euros for charging an electric car
The couple decided to rent an electric car to move around Madrid, without worrying about small emission areas. Everything passed normal until they returned to France. A few days later Received a peel bill worth 71.77 euros, found something expensive but were not surprised in excess.
Soon they received a second draft law of 1,124 euros. “I loaded my vehicle with my peel card between December 25 and 26, the day I left, for 18.88 kWh. In this second draft law, the recharge started at 12:34 on the morning of December 25, but this is impossible. I was in a Uber at that time, explains John Stephen.
The price of the invoice is equivalent to no less than 12 days of loading without interruptions, they have not been so much in Spain. The retired couple tried to prove by all means that it is an error.
Did not recover their money for the moment
The French contacted Shell requesting the return of their money, but did not get an answer. The couple filed a complaint that collects all the tests that show that they were not even in Spain in those 12 days.
John Stefan is optimistic, he hopes to recover the lost money. couple may demonstrate that it is an error by the service station but the process will be long. They will have to contribute with the parking invoices in Madrid and any document that has not been in the country for almost two weeks.
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