CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A garage fire in Chattanooga’s Northshore is now at the center of a legal fight, with some residents suing their own condominium board after leaders moved to shut down electric vehicle charging inside the building.
That move came after the city’s first large scale response tied to an electric vehicle. The Chattanooga Fire Department says a fire broke out at an apartment complex in the early morning hours of Nov. 22, 2024. Fire officials ruled the fire an accident and traced it to an electric vehicle charging in the parking garage.
After that fire, the condominium complex moved to stop electric vehicle charging.
Some residents later sued, arguing the complex overreached.
We are now hearing from a former HOA president who says the conversation around electric vehicles started years earlier…