Frozen EVs in Chicago.

[Abby Normal]

Wow! I can’t imagine waiting 3 hours in the freezing cold to charge a car & it still not working. That SOB would have a big For Sale sign on it.

Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots out here'

Many Chicago-area Tesla owners were visibly frustrated on Monday after their electric vehicles failed to charge amid freezing temperatures.

www.foxbusiness.com

 

[John_]

They had an article on line a few days ago, one of the big rental companies is selling 20,000 EVs including Teslas and replacing them with ICE. More of Joe Biden's "great big EV folly". LOL

Hertz, here is the article

 

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[machinedrummer]

But we must remember how many billions was made by contractors, politicians, labor, etc…during the research, development, implementation and even when it gets scrapped people will make tons of tax payers money. They knew it would fail from the start. Same with wind, solar…I wish I owned enough land to let them store the blades and batteries that can’t be recycled. Mo money mo money mo! Follow it and it all leads back to 435 people and if course 10% for the big guy. Same with war….We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies. Bruce Dickinson

 

[Bigchillin83]

Bahhh haaa haaa lol guess it’s global warming lol

 

[Tonyaav]

Warms my heart....no wait, that's my V8

 

[drill sgt]

Hopefully now the sheeple might wake up and see the light.. But they are so indoctranated that they probably never wake up... They like the smell of the roses but now they will have to sleep on the thorns. .................................... drill sgt.

 

[WhereIsIt?]

Wait... Tesla has been out for awhile now. This is an issue now?

 

[krotsman]

Wait... Tesla has been out for awhile now. This is an issue now?

Good point. It's not their 1st winter......

 

[Abby Normal]

Same with wind, solar…I wish I owned enough land to let them store the blades and batteries that can’t be recycled.

This video shows how wind turbine blades are being recycled. It boils down to one company paying another company to pay to BURN the fiberglass blades!!!
That’s Recycling ??? More like Eco Propaganda.

 

[krotsman]

This video shows how wind turbine blades are being recycled. It boils down to one company paying another company to pay to BURN the fiberglass blades!!!
That’s Recycling ??? More like Eco Propaganda.

That's hilarious! I was wondering HOW fiberglass became cement! Probably NO toxic chemicals emitted when you burn fiberglass, amiright?

 

[Jstudz220]

I remember seeing this pop up the past few winters. You can google several stories of Tesla not fairing so well in extreme cold temperatures.

 

[Abby Normal]

My guesstimate goes like this.
1 Batteries Don’t Like Cold, even Tesla’s.
2 it takes longer to charge a cold battery.
3 more Tesla’s & other EVs using Tesla chargers.
4 not enough home or public chargers.
5 Owners not planning ahead.
My opinion on EVs is they are like Convertibles. Nice for good weather but not practical for everyday. At least not yet.
Oh, I forgot this one. We have an EV van at work with less than 7000 miles on it. It needs 2 rear tires because of the weight of the battery.

 

[Forgotten]

My guesstimate goes like this.
1 Batteries Don’t Like Cold, even Tesla’s.
2 it takes longer to charge a cold battery.
3 more Tesla’s & other EVs using Tesla chargers.
4 not enough home or public chargers.
5 Owners not planning ahead.
My opinion on EVs is they are like Convertibles. Nice for good weather but not practical for everyday. At least not yet.
Oh, I forgot this one. We have an EV van at work with less than 7000 miles on it. It needs 2 rear tires because of the weight of the battery. View attachment 155833

That gap in the rim /tire is massive. How does it hold air?

 

[drill sgt]

That tire picture shows a pop on wheel cover ..rim is sealed tight behind cover............................................... drill sgt.

 

[Gator 45/70]

Thought Tesla had a built in safety feature called a TSL on its battery's.
Temperature Safety Low boys, Needs to be charged inside a heated garage.
TSL is set at 32 degrees, To cold the machine will not allow itself to take a charge as to not damage the batteries.
It's the fine print that matters the most.

 

[WhereIsIt?]

I just charged my electric awd truck. Didn't take any longer then usual and ran just fine. With the aftermarket gears and upgraded electric motor it's hard to keep the front end down.

 

[AdvancedLaser]

Thought Tesla had a built in safety feature called a TSL on its battery's.
Temperature Safety Low boys, Needs to be charged inside a heated garage.
TSL is set at 32 degrees, To cold the machine will not allow itself to take a charge as to not damage the batteries.
It's the fine print that matters the most.

Can you reference this ? This is no where in any manual, and three people I asked said its not correct.

 

[AdvancedLaser]

My guesstimate goes like this.
1 Batteries Don’t Like Cold, even Tesla’s.
2 it takes longer to charge a cold battery.
3 more Tesla’s & other EVs using Tesla chargers.
4 not enough home or public chargers.
5 Owners not planning ahead.
My opinion on EVs is they are like Convertibles. Nice for good weather but not practical for everyday. At least not yet.
Oh, I forgot this one. We have an EV van at work with less than 7000 miles on it. It needs 2 rear tires because of the weight of the battery.

1. You are 100%
2. Correct, and Tesla has a Pre Conditioning feature for this. You set when you are leaving the house and it warms the battery and interior of the car, and if its got any charging to do it waits and backward calculates when you want to leave and starts only when its ending time will be you leaving.
3. Yup, they opened up the NACS to three large manufacturers, now Tesla Superchargers will be crowded.
4. How can their not be enough home chargers. You buy a home charger (or plug into a 14-50 socket at home)
5. Other EV's yes, but Tesla navigation tells the driver everything, even if they have to maintain a certain speed to arrive with enough charge. It also calculates a multitude of variable, even slope and wind, to calculate arrival charge. It gives an overage (usually 15%-20% charge) to account for stops along the way to the next Supercharger.

Your EV van isnt using the right tires then. Tesla gets 25-30k on tires easily. Why would it need only two rear ? Is the battery above the rear tires only ? They mount them center low.

 

[AdvancedLaser]

Wait... Tesla has been out for awhile now. This is an issue now?

No its idiots at the Superchargers. Its not the tech.
They arrive with almost dead cars and then the car wont move so they have to push it, then the other idiots are waiting with the heaters on, and in precondition mode, to warm the battery then they zero out the battery and its now a group of dead cars.
And the Nav system TELLS THEM not to go to a Supercharger that is full, it redirects them when its got heavy traffic, but being humans they ignore it and this happens.
And the media and the uninformed eat it up as the norm.