Posted on 12/21/2021 1:27:56 PM PST by george76
In Finland, an unhappy Tesla owner decided to blow up his Model S after learning it would need a new expensive battery pack. In the video on YouTube with English subtitles, Tuomas Katainen explains his 2013 Model S was in the shop for more than a month for service. When he heard back from the shop, they told him they couldn’t repair his car, and the only option was to change the entire battery cell.
Katainen said the fix would’ve cost him upwards of €20,000 ($22,500). He told the dealership that was absurd, and he donated the car to a Finnish YouTube channel Pommijätkät, whose name literally translates to ‘Bomb Dudes.’
Instead of fixing the Model S, 30 kg (66 pounds) of dynamite was strapped to the car for one explosive show. Showing his frustration, Katainen even had a doll of Tesla’s founder Elon Musk in the driver’s seat.
Multiple angles of high-definition, slow-motion cameras captured the epic explosion (this time, it wasn’t spontaneous ..
The problem with electric cars utilizing lithium batteries is degradation over time. It’s sort of like a smartphone or laptop — enough charging cycles over the years, and the batteries will begin to hold less charge. The same thing happens with a Tesla or any other electric car.
… and as Katainen found out, the fix becomes so expensive that it’s not even worth putting the car back on the road. Think twice when falling into the ESG trap of buying a fully electric vehicle because in the medium term, if not covered by the automative maker or third party insurer, you might have to shell out an excessive amount of money to replace the battery.
Now imagine if Teslas were made by Apple?
We just bought a 1005 Ford Focus this past Spring for $3000 and that's the most we've ever paid for a car. There won't be any such thing as a cheap used electric car.
I’d have converted the Tesla to a V-8. It’d be a fun project for sure.
This guy is a genius. He’ll make it back if the video goes viral.
The Energizer Bunny was unavailable for comment, I suppose.
Electric vehicles are like Bic lighters, once they are out of juice you throw them away.
I’ll get my battery operated car when I decide to drive it to get a covid shot......not in the foreseeable future
They blow it up just after the 5 minute mark in video.
Electric golf kart rage, I have to laugh.
The fan boyz will be upset at the mockery.
You bought the Leif Erickson model.
That’d probly cost more than the $22,500
a 1005 Ford Focus for $3K? That’s a bargain for a serious antique!
DOH!
See where the government is taking us with battery powered cars? This will be the cost of Ralph Nader influence to the nth degree. Elites . . . murderers and thieves, all of them.
I think blowing up a car would not be carbon neutral.
Yeah, but it’d be fun!!! (-:
I suspect even Elon Musk would approve!
The 1005 model? I’m afraid to ask how miles 🙂
Exactly correct. Automakers and Government are in a fascist style cooperation on this. Government ideology forces political mandates to switch to electric, automakers sign-up as part of the government-protected oligopoly.
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