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UK-- Tesla owners blast Christmas car charging chaos with dozens of electric vehicles forced to wait in THREE HOUR queues at charge stations
MAILONLINE ^ | 28 December 2022 | JONATHAN ROSE

Posted on 12/28/2022 2:45:48 PM PST by dennisw

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To: butlerweave

I’m going to be running my gas fueled truck (even if I have to modify it to burn an alcohol/solvent mixture should gas dissappear) until they shoot it out from under me.


61 posted on 12/28/2022 3:52:50 PM PST by Rainwave ("Work out your OWN salvation with fear and trembling")
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To: qaz123

Right you are. Maybe TeslaGaytor had too much Christmas eggnog. Or his tablet broke in half.


62 posted on 12/28/2022 3:54:08 PM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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To: dennisw

“Nobody told me that a winter charge would barely achieve…”

It’s YOUR life and money, genius, you’re supposed to check for yourself.


63 posted on 12/28/2022 3:55:07 PM PST by TalBlack (We have a Christian duty and a patriotic duty. God help us.)
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To: dennisw

Did Musk stop payments to his social media teams now that Tweater is a cash flow drain?


64 posted on 12/28/2022 3:57:14 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: BobL

“Because, soon, you will not have a choice.”

A few California cities have banned construction of new gas stations. Petaluma is one.

California cities ban new gas stations in battle to combat climate change
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-07-11/california-cities-ban-new-gas-stations-amid-climate-change


65 posted on 12/28/2022 3:58:01 PM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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To: dennisw
I especially enjoy InstiGator's ICE car fire photos. Even more so that they are so large, it's almost like being there in person to witness it.

He seems to ignore Richard Hammond's Rimac EV bursting in flames after running off a hill climb course (due to driver error). It took days to extinguish it.

How about that, InstiGator, ICE Public Enemy #1?

66 posted on 12/28/2022 4:00:35 PM PST by Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness
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To: dennisw

[Disclaimer: I own a Tesla]

First, a lot of people buy a Tesla, thinking that they can use the nearest SuperCharger station as their primary charger, and run into long lines of other idiots who do the same. Bad plan—and Tesla does not want you doing that. Get a charger in your home garage, or buy a different car. Second, if you travel with a Tesla, it requires extra planning. You really need to understand the car’s effective range (and how weather affects it), and you need to plan which Superchargers you’re going to use. These people sound like n00bs who don’t understand what they got themselves into.


67 posted on 12/28/2022 4:07:26 PM PST by Tom in Seattle
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To: Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness

The Weird thing is that he doesn’t even own an EV.


68 posted on 12/28/2022 4:11:26 PM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: dennisw

“”the process for the charging system to “warm” them to accept a charge is extremely hard on the batteries and reduces their life span””

“”lifetime reduction through number of charge/discharge cycles””

Most ‘experts’ say one should not let the batteries fall below a 20% charge, AND only charge to 80%.

Finland announced they have created a supercharger that is suppose to charge the EV in 15 minutes. What almost no one is talking about is the damage done each time you fast-charge. Each fast-charge diminishes the overall life of the battery.

“”Gas powered cars can’t go away without some pretty big innovations””

-Except by big government proclamation. The Ruling Class will no doubt have their own gasoline vehicles ‘just in case.’
Just in case will become ‘just because’ and they will use the internal combustion engine whenever they desire. Anyone questioning their hypocrisy will immediately receive a ‘climate audit’ where all their correct and incorrect energy use will be investigated. There will be daily, weekly, monthly and yearly carbon limits, and woh be to the ones that violate those limits.


69 posted on 12/28/2022 4:11:27 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness
I especially enjoy InstiGator's ICE car fire photos.

There was the time he posted picture of a car in a burned out garage, claiming it was a gas car. But it really was an EV. LOL!

70 posted on 12/28/2022 4:15:26 PM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: dennisw

One of these days state govt’s and the feds will realize that as EVs get more popular they will lose revenue.

All those gasoline taxes they will not be collecting.

I wonder how they will respond.


71 posted on 12/28/2022 4:26:50 PM PST by aculeus
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To: aculeus

Indiana, and a lot of others already have.
You pay a lot more for your yearly registration fees for evs and plugin hybrids.


72 posted on 12/28/2022 4:28:52 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: butlerweave
Oh my they found out you can’t unscrew the cap and pour electricity into the car

Maybe they should try this...


73 posted on 12/28/2022 4:32:43 PM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: dennisw

You can always spot the Tesla owners on the dashcam vids on on youtube. How? They ALWAYS tell you.


74 posted on 12/28/2022 4:42:52 PM PST by Disambiguator (Celebrating Kwanzaa in Wakanda)
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To: Disambiguator

We’ve had a cold snap here in the Midwest for about a week. I’ve seen a few Teslas limping along the interstate at ~40mph obviously nursing their juice to the next charge station.


75 posted on 12/28/2022 4:46:05 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: dennisw

You can’t fix stupid.


76 posted on 12/28/2022 4:49:31 PM PST by gathersnomoss (LIVE FREE OR DIE)
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To: dennisw

Best news heard today!
Wake me when it gets to “days” instead of “hours”...


77 posted on 12/28/2022 5:23:54 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: nascarnation

The new Tesla dealership in Boise is about .75 miles from my office. I should stop by and check it out sometime.


78 posted on 12/28/2022 5:48:29 PM PST by Disambiguator (Celebrating Kwanzaa in Wakanda)
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To: dennisw

... which takes me to my next zillion-dollar idea... pay-to-play ping pong tables alongside the charging stations.


79 posted on 12/28/2022 7:04:32 PM PST by The Duke (Never Retreat, Never Surrender!)
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To: butlerweave

“Because, soon, you will not have a choice. I don’t think so”

If you’re in the West, you won’t have a choice - if you want a newer car, it WILL be electric. And after some amount of time, no more gasoline to buy. Now that they have control of elections, there is no other outcome possible

If you’re not in the West, there is still some hope and, to a large extent, it will based on the outcome in Ukraine.


80 posted on 12/28/2022 7:58:21 PM PST by BobL
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