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'No way to charge this battery': Tesla owner was left stranded when his Model S died in the cold. As EV popularity skyrockets, here's why some enthusiasts might get cold feet
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| March 16, 2023
| Jing Pan
Posted on 03/16/2023 12:59:02 PM PDT by grundle
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posted on
03/16/2023 12:59:02 PM PDT
by
grundle
To: grundle
In the future instead of saying a salesman could sell air conditioning or refrigerators to Eskimos we may say “can sell Teslas to people in Nome”.
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:02:17 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosophers )
To: grundle
So, Teslas cannot be used in cold climates, nor where they might get wet or flooded. Where does that leave them?
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:02:35 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(DeSantis or Sanders, Anyone But Trump in 2024. Time for Trump to Stand Aside and Retire.)
To: grundle
I’m tempted to say that this is why I’ll never give up my ICE car, but I suspect that if the Democrat/Republican has it’s way, there will be far fewer gas stations around in the future.
To: grundle
Each Tesla comes with a free hair dryer for emergency battery warm-ups.
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:03:49 PM PDT
by
seowulf
(Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
To: Reno89519
Sahara Desert........................
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:04:05 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: grundle
Minor inconvenience to save the climate and the planet! /s
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:07:15 PM PDT
by
CatOwner
(Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
To: grundle
EV popularity skyrockets Does it, though?
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:07:30 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
To: Red Badger
Ehhhhh, they don’t like to be charged if it’s too hot either.
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:07:53 PM PDT
by
rednesss
(fascism is the union,marriage,merger or fusion of corporate economic power with governmental power )
To: grundle
95% of EV’s are still on the road.
Someone finish this one liner.
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:08:03 PM PDT
by
DPMD
(ua)
To: seowulf
It runs off of the battery.
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:08:16 PM PDT
by
webheart
To: grundle
That is the first time, in world history, an automobile has broken down and left someone stranded on the side of the road.
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:08:35 PM PDT
by
odawg
To: grundle
There is a lot of wasted energy in heating a battery, and it still won’t charge. Talk about environmentally un-friendly.
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:08:40 PM PDT
by
Revel
To: rednesss
At some point the EV industry will have to find a new way to power their cars.............like maybe an IC Engine........................
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:10:07 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: grundle
Let’s see....if the battery starts burning, it will heat up very quickly. Can you charge a burning battery?
Also, several European ferry companies have banned EVs on their ferries due to EV fire danger. I suggest the ferry tow a large flat barge as the EV parking area. If any of them start to burn, they can just cut the tow line and there will be no danger to the ferry.
To: DPMD
... like Fords... Found On The Road, Dead... battery.
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:14:10 PM PDT
by
pingman
(It's a Clown World, and we're paying for it.)
To: Reno89519
“nor where they might get wet or flooded”
Little reported story when hurricane Ian went through SW Fla many teslas that got swamped later caught fire......seems the batteries don’t take kindly to seawater.......I guess the R&D department didn’t forsee that little bug.
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:20:56 PM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: DPMD
... the other 5% made it home.
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:21:53 PM PDT
by
ByteMercenary
(Slo-Joe and KamalHo are not my leaders.)
To: pingman
... like Fords... Found On The Road, Dead... battery. I'm not all that big on Ford trucks, but I'd take my trusty old Crown Vic over an EV any day.
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posted on
03/16/2023 1:23:14 PM PDT
by
SIDENET
(Whatever they're threatening, the vaxx is worse. Don't give in to coercion. )
To: DPMD
95% of EV’s are still on the road. (Charging and charging and charging) Someone finish this one liner. FINISHED! :-)
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