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You know, that Tesla, for about 6 months in the mid 2010s, routinely swapped batteries at a road-side site in California. I just hope that the hoodlums don't le
by powerbroker 5y ago
You know, that Tesla, for about 6 months in the mid 2010s, routinely swapped batteries at a road-side site in California. I just hope that the hoodlums don't learn how to do that too.
Don't let all that EV smugness go to your head. There are plenty of reasons to have a few ICE vehicles around. I hate to think of which type of vehicle suffers more when there is an X-Class solar flare on the scale of a Carrington event.
- LeoPanthera 5y agoYou seem to be imagining problems that do not exist. The battery swap facility was for the Tesla Model S only, and the battery cannot be removed as if it was a Duracell. It needed to be disconnected with a specialized robot. Current battery packs are even harder to remove - even if "battery pack theft squads" were a thing, which they aren't. As for the solar flare - this sounds like a problem for science fiction. The chassis of the car is a faraday cage! They survive getting struck by lightning!
- bognition 5y agoBack in college my roommates 10 year old car died because the on board computer for fried. That car was made in the 90s. Just because gas cars burn fossil fuels doesn’t mean they don’t have electronic components.