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.
Too funny. They threw a life size Elon Musk effigy doll out of a helicopter then put it in the driver’s seat and blew up the car.
The best part is that all new EVs come with a a giant face diaper that goes over the hood ( think latter day hood bras) for x-tra plus gud virtue signaling. And isn’t that what EVs are for?
THank you for the tip. It blowed up real good too.
There was a guy in FL many years ago who made his own electric truck. He used a Chevy S10 because the bed of the truck made a good spot to put the batteries which were lead acid batteries. Think it had a 40 mile range.
That’s a sweet engine. Back in ‘89 I snagged a ‘70 Cougar XR7 with a 351 Cleveland engine from an old lady who bought when it when her husband died because she wanted something smaller...lol.
It was a great car for the year I had it, but then went off to Japan and sold it to a friend for more than I paid it, which was only $1k. Stiff, it was a lot of money for an E-2 back then.
They will try to force us to scrap our gasoline and diesel cars. Then, they will announce electric vehicles are proving to be impractical as too great a drain on the grid to recharge.
They will outlaw electric cars and you will then have no personal vehicles in America.
Personal vehicles equal freedom.
Gone with the wind !!!!
America is already experiencing “brownouts” and grid exhaustion. Add millions of new electric vehicles to that and see what happens.
That is all anyone should need to know about electric cars.
Wouldnt blowing it up create a bit of an environmental hazard?.
If so, everyone involved might be getting a visit from the gooberment.
My parents had a 1972 Cougar XR7 ( baby blue) which was the car I learned to drive in. Everything out front and not much in the back. Went like a rocket in a straight line. Super dangerous on uphill turns on wet roads. Best car ever. Too bad nothing had any corrosion protection back then. Rusted out by 1980.
Not ethical. Paying $22,000 to repair a car from 2013 is just plain wrong. Crazy.
Tesla quality and reliability stinks. It was rated 27th among 28 car manufacturers.
But when it catches fire, it is spectacular!
Surprizingly some would run on for hours.
Then we cut em up and took em to scrap yard. I had a rusted out Geo Metro 3 cylinder that ran for two hours at 5,000 rpm with no oil. BOOM! She died in a dramatic kinetic flying apart. Most would just start to slow in RPM and seize while catching fire (which we would put out). We had one of those Plymouth grand caravan V6 engines that ran out of gas after 3 hours. As it cooled it seized up. That was voted strongest engine ever.
Well at 1016 years old…
… assume 15,000 miles/year
Oh, about 15,240,000 miles !
no DEF?
The Denali A/C has a mind of it’s own
the compressor will run even in depths of the Chicago the winter
I think it’s for the defroster but it seems to know what it’s doing
it’s always VERY comfortable after only a few minutes
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The $15 core charge on a lead acid car battery does tend to get the old ones returned...
Kewl.
How is your charger different from the chargers/battery monitors on Tesla and other manufacturers' cars?
Yet another reason I’ll never drive an electric car as long as I’m able to drive at all. After that auto drive 🤪
One of Lithium batteries' shortcomings is usage during extreme low temperatures, such as those found in Finland.
Useful life is severely impacted when charging at temperatures below freezing.
What's missing from this article is how well or poorly Katainen treated his batteries.
That’s for the defogger - serves as a dehumidifier
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