Posted on 03/16/2023 12:59:02 PM PDT by grundle
Original video: "Tesla S will not charge in the cold. Stranded on Christmas Eve!" https://www.tiktok.com/@domnatishow/video/7180839253562199338
"UPDATE: I received several calls today from @Tesla Motors . They have been very accommodating so far, and are towing my car 2 hours away to Richmond to the service center at their own expense. Also, they delivered a loaner in the meantime." https://www.tiktok.com/@domnatishow/video/7181594117112122666
"UPDATE: Shocking interaction with Tesla service! They sent an estimate of nearly $2,000 and said my battery heater is broken. The notification on my screen said the battery is heating which was not true and their response regarding this false notification was very disappointing." https://www.tiktok.com/@domnatishow/video/7182837104857140522
Domenick Nati from Virginia, for instance, tried to charge his Tesla Model S ahead of Christmas but encountered some problems.
“I tried to charge it at my house, it won’t let me. So there’s no way to charge this battery or let it warm up in the cold,” Nati said in a TikTok video.
He then took the car to a Tesla Supercharger station and plugged it in but it failed to charge again.
The vehicle showed a message that the battery was heating and the car had a range of 19 miles at 1:11 pm.
“3:03, almost two hours later — battery is heating, 19 miles,” Nati read from the vehicle display with frustration later that day.
The temperature was reportedly around 19°F, or -7°C, at the time.
Nati’s video — titled “Tesla S will not charge in the cold. Stranded on Christmas Eve!” — has now amassed roughly 113,000 likes on TikTok.
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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”.
So, Teslas cannot be used in cold climates, nor where they might get wet or flooded. Where does that leave them?
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.
Each Tesla comes with a free hair dryer for emergency battery warm-ups.
Sahara Desert........................
Minor inconvenience to save the climate and the planet! /s
Does it, though?
Ehhhhh, they don’t like to be charged if it’s too hot either.
95% of EV’s are still on the road.
Someone finish this one liner.
It runs off of the battery.
That is the first time, in world history, an automobile has broken down and left someone stranded on the side of the road.
There is a lot of wasted energy in heating a battery, and it still won’t charge. Talk about environmentally un-friendly.
At some point the EV industry will have to find a new way to power their cars.............like maybe an IC Engine........................
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.
... like Fords... Found On The Road, Dead... battery.
“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.
... the other 5% made it home.
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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