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Interestingly I’ve seen YouTubers replace the fuse in a Tesla for about £40 and a few hours of labour (it’s under the rear seats). Maybe something they’re doing
by cjrp 10mo ago
Interestingly I’ve seen YouTubers replace the fuse in a Tesla for about £40 and a few hours of labour (it’s under the rear seats). Maybe something they’re doing right.
- sgt 10mo agoTesla is the DIY's EV enthusiast car for a reason.
- jinzo 10mo agoYes mostly propaganda and being first/having a big driving base. They are notoriously closed/locked down from the diagnostic/reprogramming perspective.
- IshKebab 10mo agoWhat car isn't these days?
- chakintosh 10mo agoVW cars pre SFD lock
- jinzo 10mo agoYou can replace the fuse (not that easly) but for approximately the same price in a BMW. You do have to put in more work but the problem is with re-certifying the battery. Tesla does not care if the battery was damaged in the crash, they will (more or less) happily re-enable it. BMW decided that the only safe way is to re-certify the whole battery. I'm not saying it's the right decision, I think they over did it and VW does it better - but I do understand WHY they chose to do it so, and the WHY is not nearly as outrageous as a lot of people here think.
- chakintosh 10mo ago> they will (more or less) happily re-enable it. That's one more car they will happily milk for a subscription. Also, safety laws in the US are way more lax than Europe.
- cjrp 10mo agoAh that's interesting, IIRC in the video I'm thinking of they did get a 3rd party engineer to come out with a laptop and re-enable the battery in Tesla Toolbox, so that fits with what you're saying.