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Owner says Tesla wouldn't charge in freezing weather, stranding him on Xmas Eve
- cbsks 4y agoHow is this news? Cars break down all the time
- lithos 4y agoThis is closer to not being able to fill up a tank due to weather.
- elmerfud 4y agoThe difference is gasoline hasn't had this problem in decades. The conversion to fuel injection has eliminated the problem of frozen gas lines. Those still using unpressurized fuel lines have additives that again have been around for decades. So yes it's news to many people that batteries have difficultly in subzero temperatures. There's almost no user workarounds available besides warming up the batteries.
- edude03 4y agoEVs have air condition just for the batteries nowadays though - so they should be at ideal temperature regardless of outside conditions. My guess is in this case the heating on his car failed
- conviencefee999 4y agoElon posted that this wasn't possible, and it clearly is. As with any lithium based battery.
- mkeedlinger 4y agoThat is continually the issue with Telsa: not necessarily the failure of the car or FSD or whatnot, but the failure when success was oversold to the point of embellishment.
- olivermuty 4y agoThis sounds like a malfunction? I am charging my Model S as we speak at 10amp 230V in about -19C here in Norway :) My cold record was a mountain supercharger at about -27C, was a little slower the first 10-12 minutes, then no difference.
- MBCook 4y agoThe first 10-15m may be used to heat the battery, I think. I agree. The person in the article tried two different superchargers and had the same problem at both. This sounds like a fault with some system ok this particular car. A broken fuel pump in an ICE car wouldn’t mean they can’t handle the cold. This is likely a total coincidence.
- tamaharbor 4y agoI still don’t know what is so wrong with hybrids. Maybe we need to compromise.
- snotrockets 4y agoSame thing that is wrong with all cars: we can not avoid boiling the oceans while we waste that much energy to move just a few persons. EVs and hybrids are better, but not by much. Replacing a private car with another private car, regardless of engine isn't as useful as removing that car form the road all together.
- wilg 4y agoEVs are about six times better than gas cars. That is a lot! EVs only give off about 30% more carbon than rail per passenger-km (on current UK electricity mix). And they are significantly more versatile! Carbon efficiency will at least double in most areas as we move to greener grids, without people needing to get new cars. https://ourworldindata.org/travel-carbon-footprint https://ourworldindata.org/travel-carbon-footprint https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/electric_emissions.html https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/electric_emissions.html Don't confuse disliking cars with environmentalism!
- snotrockets 4y agoTailpipes are only a small part of car-based pollution. When it comes to particles emitted from tires, EVs are much worse offenders than many internal combustion cars. There's just no way to keep current use of private cars and achieve climate goals. Even if EVs would be magically twice as efficient as they are, just having a car is disastrous to the future of our planet, hence we should put efforts into reducing the need for cars, rather than trying to shave a few grams of particulate matter.
- Eavolution 4y agoI would like to know how I can live in the countryside without a car
- diebeforei485 4y agoEither a manufacturing defect in his car, or a defect in the supercharger stall he used.
- CyanLite4 4y agoHere’s Kyle from Out of Spec Reviews basically saying “works on my machine”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-c8AUeKs5c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-c8AUeKs5c
- wilg 4y agoThe real problem here is "he contacted Tesla customer support but received no response".
- ChuckNorris89 4y agoHas he tried giving them a shit storm on Twitter?
- rad_gruchalski 4y agoSounds like a certain way to have your twitter account suspended.
- Aloha 4y agoAnecdota - but I saw several (like three) Teslas with tow trucks responding (or parked in unusual places) in my area when the temp was sub 20f. Could be cold related range issues, could be an inability to charge, It's just very unusual to see so many of one make with troubles at the same time. Admittedly, I felt a little smug as I drove by them in my toasty warm inside sedan with a V8, I feel less smug when I go to put gas in it ;-).
- feet 4y agoWhy in the world would a sedan need a v8, that's the definition of excessive and only contributes to pollution and waste
- Aloha 4y agoBecause that's the car I wanted to buy. It only gets 30% worse economy than the V8 version of the same car. I've driven a V8 powered sedan for almost 20 years, and shortly they won't be made anymore, so I custom ordered one of the last new ones I could order.
- feet 4y ago30% is a pretty big difference. I've said this before, wanting or liking something is not a good reason to do it. Many people would like or want to drink whiskey every day but that definitely increases the chance of developing cancers. Eating cake for every meal increases the risk of diabetes. Using excessively polluting transportation damages not only the environment but impacts the air quality for everyone else. We all have to breathe the same air
- Aloha 4y agoOh boy, you're trying to take my whiskey and my car away (I'm already diabetic, so cake every meal is bad for me, also eating lots of sugar doesn't cause diabetes)? You sound like a delightful person to spend time around - do you criticize your friends in person for their choices or just random people on the internet who dont know you? My snarkiness aside, my wife has an identical car with a v6, her car gets around 25mpg combined, I get around 20ish, we can get similar numbers for highway driving though, the difference falls off some at speed. Both of us have 2021 Chrysler 300's - mine with a Hemi and hers with the Pentastar V6. In any case, I like my car because it's fun to drive, and it was the first time I've ever ordered a new car, so I got exactly the car I wanted. I expect it'll be the last ICE car I'll ever purchase, so I wanted it to be exactly what I wanted.
- fourseventy 4y agoHow many people with Fords couldnt get the engine started on Xmas eve? Cars malfunction, it's a non story.