Posted on 08/31/2022 1:04:36 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
A group of Tesla owners in Norway claims they are going on a hunger strike to get Elon Musk’s attention about a long series of problems they claim to have with their vehicles.
However, it looks like there might be another motive.
Elon Musk was just in Norway earlier this week to attend an energy conference, and he said it was also to “show his appreciation for the Norwegian people’s adoption of electric vehicles.”
Norway is indeed adopting electric vehicles at a higher rate than any other country, and it is also Tesla’s biggest market per capita.
While successful, Tesla’s foray into Norway hasn’t been without issues.
The automaker’s rapid growth in deliveries in the country couldn’t match its service expansion, which led to major service wait times that Musk personally acknowledged.
Furthermore, some Norwegian owners also sued Tesla through a consumer protection agency, and Tesla was found guilty of throttling charging speed and asked to pay $16,000 to thousands of owners.
Now there’s another group of “dissatisfied Norwegian Tesla owners,” and they claim to be going on a hunger strike to get Musk’s attention:
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sad for that audi
Fortunately, all automakers (other than Tesla) have never had even one complaint, problem, or issue regarding any of their cars in the entire history of automobiles. Which inarguably proves Tesla will go bankrupt tomorrow at 8AM CDT.
“car wont start in cold weather”
Well, you know, I think anyone who has ever lived somewhere that regularly has subzero temperatures could anticipate this problem with a battery-based car. Unless they’ve never driven a regular automobile either? Do Norwegians just take the train or crosscountry ski everywhere?
We don’t see too many electric cars in the Northern Midwest, that’s for sure. Hybrids yes, but not fully electric. I saw one last winter though. It was stuck getting a charge from some roadside assistance vehicle that appeared to have a giant battery bank taking up the whole rear of the vehicle because it wouldn’t start.
Good idea not to park next to a Tesla I suppose.
That’s NOT from the greased lighting scene.🙄
Not all “issues” are created equal.
Another back door is exposed on EVs:
Car companies can throttle your charging time.
It’s only another small step to allow a gov’t to do it.
Where I am it you can count on it getting at least 20 below ( I’ve seen it 37 below) during late January and February, and it’s hard for a battery to keep it’s charge.
Especially if the night before you are running the heater, lights, windshield wipers, seat warmer and radio at full bore just before you turn it off.
Batteries just don’t work as well on cold weather, and starting you car when the oil is the viscosity of Crisco is a bit of extra effort, to boot.
Electric cars “start”?????? New to me. . . .
I admire Musk for having a mind of his own, but his devotion to EVs might end up being the proverbial albatross around his neck.
What does “starting” an electric car mean?
Whats the saying? Caveat emptor? Let the idiot learn the hard way? He was dumb enough to buy it so tough. It is supposed to be the lefts answer to save the planet and so it certainly is curbing his carbon footprint by sitting in his garage motionless. Perhaps this is their plan, make us buy cars that don’t work so we will have to walk or bike 20 miles to work.
I’m surprised Tesla doesn’t sell a kerosene heater as an add-on.
An EV tartup is about the same as starting your phone. There is a process that is more complex than starting a non EV vehicle.
A couple of pieces of the process:
The battery voltage will be checked. There are components which will not function properly if the voltage is too low. Startup will be prohibited in that case.
There will be fault checking before the battery is connected to internal components. This avoids destroying many components should one be faulty. Startup is prohibited should a faulty component be found. This is similar to a fuel switch.
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