“Nothing. No juice. Still on zero percent,” said Tyler Beard, who has been trying to recharge his Tesla at an Oak Brook Tesla supercharging station since Sunday afternoon. “And this is like three hours being out here after being out here three hours yesterday.”
“Like any new technology, there’s a learning curve for people,” said Mark Bilek of the Chicago Auto Trade Association.
Lmao, no my dudes, it’s pretty well understood that you need to keep the battery warm enough to be able to charge. This is not some fucking unexplored field of science!
I’m absolutely cackling at the radio silence from Tesla + dozens of Tesla owners just sitting around cluelessly wondering why their car hasn’t charged at all in over 3 hours. Maybe another 3 hours will do it, keep trying
Also, a cursory Google search leads me to believe that the Model 3 has no dedicated battery warmer that could be used for this very situation, but instead some system that “runs the motor inefficiently to heat up the battery”. Doesn’t sound like this can work when the car is stationary, I guess tesla engineers forgot about the Midwest when cutting parts to save on production costs
Another thing I hate Tesla for is the fact that their shitty cars poison the well for basically any kind of electrified transport, by way of their greenwashing these bazingamobiles.
Trying to sell the public on electric transport that’s actually scaled properly to work, like buses and trains is hard enough without connections to tesla
First you would need to sell Americans on public transportation in general, which is a far bigger issue
That isn’t a dependency, it’s a feedback loop. People take public transit when it is more or similarly convenient to taking a car. Getting everyone to agree to start using some objectively shitty service that takes 1.5 hours to go somewhere they can go in 20 minutes in their car will never happen. So no, it is not a bigger issue.
To which I say good luck.
Burgers are very selective with their narrative. Like, they don’t believe covid is real, but they’ll enthusiastically use it or other viruses as an excuse to shoot down public transit
Like, they don’t believe covid is real, but they’ll enthusiastically use it or other viruses as an excuse to shoot down public transit
They don’t believe in truth or consistency. Facts are just a weapon to be used against their enemies. COVID can be real one moment to be used as a cudgel against public transit, and it can be fake in the next moment when that becomes more convenient. Feelings don’t care about facts.
Trying to sell the public on electric transport that’s actually scaled properly to work, like buses and trains is hard enough without connections to tesla
right-wing media is already running articles on how electric buses are fiery death traps ready to burst into flames at any moment.
what they ignore is that diesel bus fires happen all the time (mostly when going wide-open throttle up a steep hill, like electric bus fires), but they never get reported on by the news
Lmao. Yet another case of “If this had happened in China it would be deemed a failure of the Chinese system” hours
BUILD TRAINS
Man.
A lot of folks i know in northern climes have a plug in battery heater, they run a power cord from an outlet in the house or whatever, keeps the battery from freezing solid. Figures Tesla wouldn’t have something like that.
I have a chevy volt. Its a (weird) hybrid so slightly different (I think it runs the engine, but it CAN run it standing still. When it needs heat, plugged in it hums differently then unplugged.) Even though its like 8 years old at this point, even it knows to run to keep itself warm. It 100% has to be either cheapness, lazy design, or unwillingness to cut range in winter. But I mean… I can still drive just fine and it was near 0F last night lol.
I’ve got a Volt too, great car, built like a tank in that the battery sacrifices max range for lifespan.
Ive owned mine for 5 years now and have done zero maintenance on it aside from 2 oil changes and replacing one battery cell at a cost of $2k. I’ve driven it 50k miles in that time. I just took it in to get looked at because it’s been a while, they topped off the fluids and said it’s in great shape. Amazing car. Uncomfortable as hell but great car.
It 100% has to be either cheapness, lazy design, or unwillingness to cut range in winter.
modern cars are designed to fail. modern design uses computer simulations that allow you to build things to a spec such as “fail after 8 years”. it’s all intentional.
Are OLD CARS more RELIABLE? Planned obsolescence and SUSTAINABILITY in the AUTO INDUSTRY
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
yet another Tesla owner L
