LOL!! Dumbasses. Charging your car saves the earth. No coal needed to charge your car. Walk to work if you truly believe in saving the earth. And be sure to cut off the electricity at the office and work in the dark
Summertime Car
They get no sympathy from me. I know that batteries deliver less energy in the cold. If these people don’t know, it’s their stupidity that led them to buy the damned thing.
Do you want to heat your car in the winter? Oh, you didn’t know that the heater runs off the battery?
I have no tolerance for feel good stupidity. Let them freeze.
All of these stories are FAKE, we learned from AlGore and Cuomo and Bloomberg a few years back, that Snow, Ice and Cold weather will never be seen in the USA Again.
Reminds me of years ago when I had a very expensive new GM car and a 10 year old VW beetle. One awful winter in Ohio (most are), we had a terrific ice storm with both cars covered by ice.
Since the new car had better heating, I struggled and struggled to get into the GM car. Lots of time getting the door to open. Then the POS wouldn’t start. Fail.
Went to the trusty bug. Door opened easily. Car started almost immediately.
Learned well, That was my last GM car. As for Tesla - good idea a bit too soon. Tesla has GM quality, and we know where that got them.
“I paid $60,000 to not drain my battery so quickly,”
No you didn’t you disingenuous prick. You bought the car and bragged to anyone who would listen about the hundreds of different cool things it has and can do. Except most are just superficial bling so what does that say about your reasoning.
Well bring your battery in at night
I’ve researched Tesla extensively. Here are a few interesting facts.
Tesla has no Dealer network per-se. Tesla expects its customer’s to be their salesman and rewards them handsomely. This referral program has been recently ended. I’m speculating but will guess that Tesla traces critical reviews and it will impact customer referral $$$. Since the program is ending expect to see more critical reviews in forums.
Tesla requires a NDA for most warranty work. (How many secrets buried there?)
Tesla subsidizes it’s resale value so you can’t get a true estimate of it’s value. How that works exactly I don’t know.
There are so many shady deals that I could go on all day.
Meanwhile, here in Tennessee, I am experiencing the second warmest Winter in my 20+ years in the area.
Can someone please explain to me why cold is better than warm?
In -15 temperatures last week, I saw a Chevy Volt on the highway obviously struggling to maintain 50 mph. I am certain the little garden tractor sized engine that provides power to the batteries on Chevy Volts was working at full capacity straining to keep up with the cold.