Teslas quit charging in cold

[mrfixitman]

Take your EV's if you want, but don't force them on everyone else.

Dude. Bend over. It's coming weather you like it or not. I decided over the last two decades to go 100% (house and transportation) electric. I sold all my stranded assets early, while they were worth enough to pay for the new equipment. That meant: Solar(State paid half). Sold my Mercedes TD I ran on used Veggie oil. Sold my gas stove and replaced with individual induction cooktop plates and got a countertop French Door Oven. All work on 120vac. Sold the gas dryer and bought a name brand heat pump dryer for a hundred dollars off Craigslist. In the process did asbestos mitigation dumping the gas heater. Had PG&E shut off gas service at the street. Making my house safer and saving the monthly access fees for gas use. Bought a couple space heaters. Will go heat pump for heating, cooling and hot water in the future. Went through three Nissan Leafs and now have a couple of Teslas. Gave one Leaf to my son who uses it in Portland the other Leaf was sold for $6k with 98k on the clock. $32k msrp. I paid $13,550.00. Lets see you do that with a Corolla. I love a bargain and I have a clean conscience.

 

[ghostguy6]

What is your location? We have had no grid restrictions or asking to turn off appliances here in MS

Im in Alberta Canada

 

[mrfixitman]

So no money in selling gas? wow, who would have guessed, lol. Where did you hear that? CNN, ot The onion?

Oh, there's money for Exon. However the distributor makes their money on sugar drinks, beer and snacks. 100% American diet.

 

[mrfixitman]

Oh, there's money for Exon. However the distributor makes their money on sugar drinks, beer and snacks. 100% American diet. Side benefit for doctors, they keep being doctors.

 

[mrfixitman]

Dude that is FUD. Chinese tech today is like Japanese of the 70s. ahead of times. look into the future, you will get used to it, and will love it.

No. Only the F in FUD. FEAR!

 

[adhoc]

Had PG&E shut off gas service at the street.

If you're going to rely on electricity 100%, prudent to have a generator. A good generator setup runs on natural gas.

 

[mrfixitman]

If you're going to rely on electricity 100%, prudent to have a generator. A good generator setup runs on natural gas.

We are getting a battery which will pay for itself. Run for a couple days with no sun. So far after 31 years never had more than a couple of hours without power. So battery is for a buffer to save on over night use. We plan to zero out. A generator uses fossil fuels and as little as it would be needed makes it unreliable.

 

[raggie33]

I believe in freedom of choice if you like gas cars buy them but I know that someday electric cars will be all people will want it's just a better choice as the tech improves motors are great now battery need to be improved just like flash lights it will get better next if I recall the first flashlights only lasted a few moments of light

 

[Monocrom]

I've said it before, I'll say it again.... The technology is too new. It's not ready for the Public. And even if it was, the infrastructure is not there, yet. Won't be for years, possibly decades. Though in fairness, what you are seeing here are car-owners who are too dumb to realize, "Oh wait! I need to already own a house before I buy an EV, so that a charging station can be installed at my HOUSE!"

This wouldn't even be a news story if all of these Tesla owners had houses with charging stations installed. Since, no one is going to openly go to the local news and admit they screwed up by buying an EV that won't charge up at their house. There are sooo many videos on YouTube about this issue.

 

[Chauncey Gardiner]

One "size" fits most does not apply to transportation.

 

[kaichu dento]

Dude. Bend over..I love a bargain and I have a clean conscience.

If your conscience is clean it appears that may be due to a complete lack of one, and anyone who starts and ends a post like yours should never be trusted.

All of your egotistical 'clean' products have come to you by way of fossil fuels, not only in manufacture but delivery too.

The difference between your anger and that of those you hate for not following you is that it's those of you trying to force this on everyone else with nothing but dirtied science and a desire to control everyone else in the room.

 

[HighlandRanger]

Electric cars arent just transportation, they are a religon now. Would not park one in my garage.

BEtter for pollution? Please. The electricity comes from the same fossil fuels and requires heavy metal batteries.

This is about control not pollution. Wake up.

 

[alpg88]

An article on a well know website claims it is pushed to be more reliant on china, but it gets too close to politics, so will leave it at that

 

[Monocrom]

Just tossing this out there.... Currently only 3 brands are known for their incredible reliability. Toyota, Lexus (Toyota's luxury brand), and Mazda.

Newer Hondas have fallen down several slots on that list that I can't even include the brand.

But regarding the above 3, none of that involves any EV offerings.

 

[kaichu dento]

…as important as click bait.

That covers at least 95% of your posted content, give or take 10%.

 

[alpg88]

Idk who makes those lists, but i lease hondas since 2005, only had few minor issues resolved under warranty, they are super reliable, i love my pilot and passport, I had 3 accords as well, great cars, but the best one was 2006 lxv6.

 

[HighlandRanger]

It all happened before, in late 1800s, early 1900s nyc had thousands of EV taxis and private vehicles, then ICE came and EV disappeared. those old ev suffered from same issues, range, time to charge, cold weather.

I remember my Dad saying the same thing - all delivery trucks in nyc were electric at first right thru the 1930s, then all switched to gas.

 

[alpg88]

I remember my Dad saying the same thing - all delivery trucks in nyc were electric at first right thru the 1930s, then all switched to gas.

 

[bykfixer]

 

[alpg88]

Jay leno has a 100 years old electric car that looks like a phone booth on wheels, still runs. almost all original