Posted on 01/16/2024 1:05:35 PM PST by bitt
Electric vehicle owners in the Chicago area have not been able to charge their overpriced method of transportation in the bitter cold this week, leaving scenes of dead electric cars littered across public charging stations.
It turns out buying a worthless car to virtue-signal for the environment has unintended consequences.
Fox Chicago reported Monday the charging stations have turned into electric car graveyards over the past two days as temperatures in the Windy City and its suburbs have dipped to the negative double digits.
One man, Tyler Beard, to the outlet he had been trying to recharge his Tesla at an Oak Brook Tesla supercharging station since Sunday afternoon.
Nothing. No juice. Still on zero percent. And this is like three hours being out here after being out here three hours yesterday.
But Beard was just one of dozens of Tesla owners trying and failing to power up their vehicles at this same Oak Brook charging station. Fox 32 Chicago noted the scene was reminiscent of long lines and abandoned cars at several other charging stations around the Chicago area.
Chalis Mizelle told the outlet she was forced to ditch her car and get a ride from a friend when it would not charge.
“This is crazy, it’s a disaster. Seriously,” she said.
WATCH:
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Schadenböner.
Didn’t make sense for Hertz. They are selling 1/3rd of their EV fleet.
Jan 11 (Reuters) - Rental firm Hertz Global Holdings is selling about 20,000 electric vehicles, including Teslas, from its U.S. fleet about two years after a deal with the automaker to offer its vehicles for rent, in another sign that EV demand has cooled.
Hertz will instead opt for gas-powered vehicles, it said on Thursday, citing higher expenses related to collision and damage for EVs even though it had aimed to convert 25% of its fleet to electric by 2024 end.
I cannot figure out why would one want a second vehicle to be an ev
expensive and a hassle.
1) We drive ours 26K miles per year, 16K of those miles charged at home (very convenient and cheap to operate). To us, the EV is the main car. We use the ICE pickup only for pickup chores or if my wife and I have to split up for the day, or (this hasn't happened yet, but I'm sure the day is coming) if we decide to go on a road trip that'd be bad for taking the EV (i.e. a place that has few charging stations, or if we decide to take a road trip up north during the winter, or if I go on a road trip without my wife because I don't want to stop every 200 miles and walk around for 10-15 minutes like she does, which means charging an EV on trips is conducive when she's around).
2) I'm uncomfortable having all of our transportation eggs in one basket. If the Dims make gas hard to come by and too expensive (IMHO it's still too expensive), we have an EV. If the Dims make power hard to come by or too expensive, we can do most of our driving in the ICE pickup. $5/gallon gas 2 years ago was a wake-up call. Especially if you drive 26K miles per year.
3) I have tons of solar and I'm trying to be more energy self-reliant so that the Dims' stupid warmageddon energy policies have less impact on my budget as I trend from quasi-retirement to full retirement in a few years. It means a lot to me that less than 20% of our power we used in our home last year had to be pulled from the grid. That includes charging the EV. The simple fact is I can't drill and refine my own oil -- if I could both of our cars would be ICE. But since I can produce my own power, driving an EV utilizes that self-made power out onto the road. Of the 16K miles we charged at home, since 83% of my home's power was self-made, call it 13K of our EV miles last year were self-powered. If you don't appreciate Americans trying to be more self-reliant then you don't distrust government as much as I do.
Typical liberal ideologue, "yeah, well, it screwed up but we just haven't got it right yet. Gotta squander some more money on the unicorn hunt you know."
The only Uber I’ve ever taken was a Tesla. Granted, at the time, me and the driver were both contractors for space X, so there’s that.
Otherwise, not that I know of
Don’t worry, the diesel generators keep them from having to use electricity from coal plants.
After long, hard and careful consideration, I have my official reaction to all of these EVs being stranded and being unable to get charged up:
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
[Takes a deep breath].
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
I have been looking for those stories as well.
Dallas was as low as ten degrees this morning—had to be some stuck commuters there.
Just desserts for medaled war zero....uh, hero.
Rentals dont really make sense since usually used for longer trips and customers dont have their own chargers
I’m in Denver and it has dropped to -10 degrees here the last few says. There are Teslas everywhere here and I haven’t seen or heard of this happening here. Also my nephew drove his EV Polestar from Denver to SLC on Saturday and had no problem with range or charging.
We were down only to around 0 to 10°F the past few days but I noticed an absolute paucity of EVs even in a shopping plaza parking lot that normally is full of them (well, 10% or so). When it warms up to the 40s next week I’m sure they’ll be back. Seems the preheating scenario isn’t appealing to the owners, nearly all of whom will also have an ICE vehicle.
Here it’s Teslas, Rivians, BMWs, Bolts, et. al. but not a single one in that lot I was talking about the past few days (and I looked!).
And there’s no snow/ice so that’s not the reason for their absence.
‘Fourth time? Fifth time?”
At least. But MINE WAS FIRST, last night.
“I cannot figure out why would one want a second vehicle to be an ev. expensive and a hassle.”
I suspect that these people need to virtue signal, basically saying that they are “Saving the Planet - What the hell are you doing?”. Psychological need, that simple.
I do not understand why so many people don’t Freep. Because if they did, they would know about stories like this that have been posted for five and six times. Or perhaps they know and they just don’t care. It’s been two or three hours since the last thread so they figure they can post it again. And hope that the admin moderator doesn’t post another “search works” remark.
And then I’m convinced that many people see a story like this here at free Republic, and decide to repost it for whatever reason.
Lead acid batteries can freeze and crack. Trying to charge lithium-ion batteries in subzero temperatures can severely damage the cells. Tesla cars will theoretically not charge the battery until the cells have been warmed up to a safe temperature. This can take hours at a charging station and if it is too cold the heaters may not be able to get the battery to a temperature that is high enough to charge it.
Chicagoan trying to charge his Tesla.
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