Posted on 02/03/2019 12:02:55 PM PST by Yossarian
Edited on 02/03/2019 12:44:05 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
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Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
Reminds me of when the LED bulbs for traffic lights came out. They didn't generate enough heat to keep the light free of snow and ice, so they had to add a heating element of some sort.
I got the impression from the article that the Tesla door handle design was particularly ill-suited for ice/snow.
Get a horse!
1890’s technology and they’re still using today ,LOL
Extreme cold wreaks havoc on just about
everything. Door handles on conventional
vehicles freeze up. Water in fuel lines,
increased viscosity in engine oils,
weak or inadequate anti-freeze in engine
blocks, wipers freeze to windshields.
Cold is cold. Preventative maintenance
goes a long way in helping to alleviate
cold weather problems. Electric vehicles
have come a long way, but have a long
way to go before this gear head would
consider buying one. I would never buy
one under the pretense of doing my part
to save the planet.
‘Mini Ice Age’ Looms As NASA Scientist Warns Lack Of Sunspots Could Bring Record Cold.Our sun was not expected to head into a solar minimum until around 2020, but it appears to be heading in that direction a little early which could prove to be bad news for warm weather lovers.
Could last 11 years. Likely will.
I don’t see a good projection ahead for the Tesla cars if they don’t figure out something.
Boo-freak’n-hoo!
“I got the impression from the article that the Tesla door handle design was particularly ill-suited for ice/snow.”
Jeeze - they’re in FREMONT4, California, not exactly Detroit - why should they care about winters in the rest of the country, particularly states that voted for Trump?
wake up and smell the coffee....electric vehicles are a hoax...always have been
Tesla Model S owners around where I live don’t drive them in cold weather, as they have two or three other vehicles better-suited to cold. I’m guessing many Model 3 owners are sacrificing to afford their $50k price tags and don’t have other vehicles as backup.
The old Hudson Hornets, when temps got that cold they’d recommend adding a pint of kerosene to the crankcase to thin out the oil. Of course you had to remember to change the oil to a thicker viscosity as soon as the weather got warmer. These were the days before multi viscosity oils.
"If you can afford one of my cars, you can afford a heated garage."
You can't beat the simple internal combustion engine for reliability at extreme temperatures. All that is needed is a spark and gasoline. Of course, there is the issue of water freezing. So an air-cooled engine is probably more reliable. The viscosity of oil is an issue.
The battery is the problem with all of them. Musk however, has a severe quality problem too.
Get a team of horses to pull it around.
And the Libtards want to do away with petroleum!
Batteries have trouble everywhere though. Heat, and vibration, is what kills batteries, at least lead-acid flooded automotive start batteries.
They just don’t fall over till December or January. You can bet the midwest has a pretty good shortage of car battery inventory about now. The -30° F overnight temperatures separates the wheat from the chaff. Any marginal car battery nearing end of service life ... ended service. Batteries take longer to charge back up in cold temperatures too.
The expectations some folks have for an electric car I’m sure is way out of proportion as well, because they don’t understand how things work, they don’t want to know how things work actually.
That reminds me of an old joke. Bill and Hillary strolling along a path with snow all around, came to where someone had peed in the snow and written, Bill’s an a**hole.” Bill was irate. Had the urine analyzed. It was Vince Foster’ urine, but Hillary’s handwriting!
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