Warning - EVGo AutoCharge

[bhopkins]

Saw a $47.80 charge hit my credit card from EVGo. The Rivian has been parked in the garage all day. Opened the EVGo app and found a charging session at the Flying J, Matthews, MO more than 600 miles from me. In looking at the app, I had enrolled my R1T in the autocharge program years ago But had forgotten about that. Earlier this year, I traded that Rivian for a 2026 model but never thought to unenroll the old vehicle. I assumed that when a vehicle was traded in via Rivian that everything would be reset.

In talking with EVGo, they said the autocharge program only looks at the vehicle’s VIN and charges whatever account it was tied to. Seems like really poor system security on EVGo‘s part. Needless to say, I have unenrolled the old vehicle and removed my credit card from the EVGo app.

if you’ve trade in or sold a previously enrolled vehicle, you may want to check k your EVGo account and make sure it is not still enrolled.

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[CharonPDX]

Yeah, I posted about the potential security concerns of AutoCharge a while ago. While it does function, it's not the most secure system. This is a key example of one of the problems with it.

When I sold my Mach-E, I made sure to remove it from my EVgo account while I was waiting for the Uber to take me home.

Definitely a good thing to keep in mind! Maybe we should have a "tasks when you sell your Rivian" as a sticky thread?

 

[Manalishi]

Sticky thread for selling/lease return tasks is a good idea.

 

[SuperNintendoChalmers]

Same exact same thing happened to me on my last Hyundai lease. Thankfully it was only $5, but it's definitely an issue.

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