Posted on 01/16/2024 6:40:36 AM PST by lowbridge
In the frigid Midwest, Tesla owners are facing a harsh reality: their electric vehicles (EVs) are failing to charge in the extreme cold.
Desperate drivers have been left stranded, unable to power up their cars amidst the icy grip of winter.
This alarming situation raises serious concerns about the practicality of EVs and the government’s role in their promotion.
As temperatures plummet, charging stations have turned into graveyards for abandoned EVs.
One Tesla owner, Tyler Beard, spent six hours over two days attempting to charge his car, only to find it still at zero percent.
This is not an isolated incident; numerous Tesla owners in the Chicago area are experiencing the same frustration.
Chalis Mizelle, another Tesla owner, had to abandon her car and rely on a friend for a ride when her vehicle refused to charge.
“It’s a disaster,” she said, highlighting the gravity of the situation. The sight of “dead robots” at charging stations underscores the urgency of the issue.
The cold weather is a known culprit in this EV charging debacle, as it can impact the battery’s ability to charge efficiently.
However, this knowledge does not make the situation any less dire for drivers like Kevin Sumrak, who had to pay for a flatbed tow truck after his Tesla died at the airport.
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Keep warm when the batteries explode.
This was so predictable.
MGUY in Australia has a YouTube channel where he has highlighted many “fun” facts associated with EVs
I understand how these things may be viable for some people living in some locations with specific usage needs, but I think it is absolute, total, and unmitigated stupidity to mandate and push people into this.
And any car companies that threw all their resources into the EV lines to the detriment or even elimination (!) of their ICE lines is the pinnacle of stupidity.
I would never even consider buying a car from those companies who have done that, if it is any indication of their judgement and business acumen, I don’t want any part of their product line.
But we’re saving the planet!
“But they drove with priiiiide....”
HA HA !
Agree 100%. And I'm an EV owner. It works great as our main car in our warm climate, driving it 26K miles per year, charged mainly at home (16K miles). Even in our situation I wouldn't be all EV (our other car is an ICE pickup). And I can certainly see how an EV is a bad option for some people.
EV's are like virtually everything else in life -- an example that the free market is better than government coercion.
The few (actually two) people I’ve known personally who own and drive EV’s were the most despicable left-wing reprobates imaginable. One was the actual owner of a large business and where he built his charging station for his vehicle on company property was like a shrine, which no employee could obstruct in any way.
Where does the electricity for these charging stations come from? Oh...I see...via fossil fuels.
The goal is NOT to force people to give up their internal combustion vehicles and buy EVs. The goal is to force people to give up their vehicles and ride mass transit.
Of course, mass transit is not even an option for most of rural flyover country. So if most of the MAGA country hicks are forced to relocate to high density Democrat controlled cities where they can be reeducated to vote for Democrats it is just an added bonus.
From rainbows and unicorn farts!
Our son is a new EV owner and doesn’t have a level 2 charger at home. His older home would require an upgrade of the electrical panel in addition to the $2k cost of the charging equipment. He is dependent on a public charger some 10 miles distant to get a daily charge on his way to work and a top off charge while at work.
He is complaining that in the double digit negative temperatures this week, his charge is dropping like a stone. So far we have avoided the blizzard conditions that have been occurring in neighboring states. However, I could imagine the panic of snow blocked roads preventing access to a charger leaving his EV a dead robot in the driveway or worse still him being stuck in a snowy traffic jam in bitter cold with the rapidly failing battery charge as your only source of heat.
My wife insisted on getting a Volvo XC60 hybrid. We owned a Volvo in the 1990s (240 model). It was a tank.
This model is a POS. First, the battery froze and the car is dead in my driveway. Second, I tried to turn on the windshield wipers yesterday and the motor blew. Now I have a $50,000 brick in my driveway!
You were warned. Enjoy the suck.
Yep, batterer technology is well understood. Extreme cold significantly, as in massively impacts efficiency. Such temperature can wipe a battery out in short order or prevent and effective operation of it outright.
This has been known for over 100 years. The first modern batteries were created as novelties around 1810, by the late 1800s (1880-90 as I recall) man was creating functional batteries and discovering new materials for batteries, by the early 1920s we had most of the advantages and disadvantages well known and in common use for many households for things like flashlights.
LOL the advantages of making power for a living, you learn a few useless facts along the way.
The issues in the article are so predictable as to be embarrassing.
People figured out the shortcomings of EV’s about 100 years ago, but the smug idiots think that they can outsmart physics.
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