yup, like i said, i was scared sh!tless every time i turned it on...
Posted on 12/14/2013 3:59:04 PM PST by chiller
Engineering breakthroughs like the Tesla Model S may be burning up the electric car market (figuratively and literally), but they’re leaving drivers cold and under-powered in the face of Old Man Winter.
Cold temperatures have adverse effects on batteries, slowing down the incoming and outgoing flow of energy and inevitably losing some in the process. The 250-mile average range of an electric car in normal climate conditions can see its performance reduced by 70-miles on a single charge in average winter conditions. The colder it gets, the shorter than range.
Not only that, the average winter driver tends to turn up the heat — a function that also puts a draw on the battery uncommon during other seasons.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
It’s still a toy with components assembled from Japan, Korea and Mexico.
Slowly freezing to death while being asphyxiated or a quick fiery death! Lol.
You never had an old VW Beetle or a Corvair.
Sounds like you never owned a Volkswagon Beetle. Worse than freezing your buns off in winter, the driver sat upright in the seat and close to the nearly vertical windshield. The windshield would ice over on the inside. Shivering with limited visibility was no way to navigate winter roads.
And the stock is red-hot too, right?
“.Winter driving warning” and “Another way to stay toasty on long trips without running heat,” where owners recommend winter motorcycle wear and snowmobile suits.”
The DUH moment .... why not just buy a motorcycle?
yup, like i said, i was scared sh!tless every time i turned it on...
I'm interested in the coal and hydro that powers your Model S....
Do you have to start the coal fire yourself? and do u have to drive close to a river to use the hydro feature??
Model S is a high performance sedan with highest NHTSA safety ratings that has yet to suffer 1 death, paralysis, loss of limb, second or third degree burns. That can transport up to 5 adults plus two kids in comfort and silence. Like a Japanese made Lexus LS460 or German made MB S-Class but better.
As of now 55% of Model S content is made in the USA. Like all modern cars components are globally sourced. But Tesla is designing a battery factory to open in about four years.
After the Battery Factory opens US content will jump to about 90%.
>> “Gas powered cars do not run on natural gas or coal” <<
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In California we have more than a million vehicles that run on natural gas. And they go farther on that gas than an electric tub can because there is no transmission loss like there is with electricity.
hehe
As long as you don’t have to go very far...
pay $70,000+ and STILL have to wear a snowsuit, too funny...
electricity,
or OPEC oil.
take your pick.
I just made a trip to Vancouver and back to Los Angeles.
“Ever driven a VW bug? Lol.”
Yes, used to ski with a friend here in CA who had one. They are actually pretty good in the snow for a two wheel drive vehicle, but the heater consisted of directing the air that’s drawn over the cylinders by the engine cooling fan into a couple of floor-moiunted ducts that both heat the passenger compartment and defrost the windshield. We took lots of dry rags to wipe off the inside of the windshield and a stout scraper to get the ice off the other side. The sun roof came in handy for the required scraping while under way. going to Tahoe was usually an “adventure.”
so your generators run on coal or nuclear?
Did your bug also get the windshield fluid pressure from the spare tire. You had to hook a tube up to the spare tire. You probably had to remember to fill the spare tire every month or so.
Those silly Germans!
” But the USA is a net importer of Oil. 50% of our oil as of last month was imported”
Wrong again. If you are referring to heavy sour crude,yes, we do import. Light sweet crude is backed up in Gulf Coast refineries and is all domestically produced
“If it drops much below that they are not profitable and wells are capped.”
Are you now going to tell us about “capping “ oil wells? What exactly is that and how is it done?
The friction is between the electrons and the heating element wire.
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