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Where's the nonsense? This doesn't seem to debunk the claim that if the batteries go totally dead you are screwed, out a $40K battery pack. > Tesla batteries c
by dmethvin 15y ago
Where's the nonsense? This doesn't seem to debunk the claim that if the batteries go totally dead you are screwed, out a $40K battery pack.
> Tesla batteries can remain unplugged for weeks (or even months), without reaching zero state of charge.
Maybe I'm trying to find a conspiracy here, but the batteries generally aren't unplugged; they are connected to the car and it's drawing a small current. That drain from the mostly-idle Tesla's electronics are enough to flatten the battery faster than if it was truly unplugged.
- DanBC 15y agoThat quote should be read as "tesla batteries can remain unplugged from a power source for weeks". I agree this article doesn't debunk the other article. I haven't read the Tesla documentation, but if "bricking" is real I'd expect some firm warnings about it. The other article said that those warnings were absent; it also claimed that the documents played down the risk.