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Things he should have seen coming

Things he should have seen coming

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[–] • 13 pts

Any Tesla owner that only has one car, is asking for the reality check they inevitably receive.

Tesla's are just big toys for rich people.

[–] • 6 pts

Is the reality check light on the dash?

[–] • 5 pts

His clue light is burned out.

[–] • 6 pts

Battery heater must have broken.

[–] • 6 pts

Any device that uses LiFePo4 batteries have several limitations that need to accounted for.

  1. Electrical infrastructure capable of charging said device.
  2. Lithium doesn't work well in cold weather.
  3. Lithium catches fire when exposed to moisture or water.
  4. One bad cell in a battery pack either makes entire pack unusable or greatly reduces its capacity.
  5. Charge rates are slow compared to fossil fuel replenishment.
  6. Replacement batteries are a significant cost and can dwarf the cost of the device at some point.
  7. Lithium supplies are politically unstable since a majority is soured in Australia.

And so on.

[–] • 1 pt

  1. Good thing most people in the 1st world have electricity right at home.

  2. Doesn't work as well as not freezing. It's relative. They still work fine.

  3. I'd take the rate of electric car fires to gas car fires any day of the week.

  4. One hole in a gas tank renders the whole tank useless.

  5. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 charges 250 miles in 10 minutes.

  6. Replacement batteries aren't a serious consideration for original owners. The batteries are warrantied for 120,000 - 150,000 miles depending on manufacturer, and needing a replacement by that time is rare.

  7. If you think lithium supplies are unstable, let me tell you about petroleum supplies. You should see what's going on with supplies in the Middle East and Russian oil pipelines.

[–] • 2 pts

The RATE of fires in electrical is far far higher than gas cars

[–] • 1 pt

Says what data?

[–] • 1 pt

https://archive.vn/KLEwP

Fires by Vehicle Type

You’re more likely to see a gas car fire after a collision than an electric car fire, simply because electric vehicles aren’t as common on the roads as gas vehicles. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that electric vehicles are less likely to catch fire. To find the rate of car fires by vehicle type, we collected the latest data on car fires from the NTSB and calculated the rate of fires from sales data from the BTS. Take a look at what we found below.

https://pic8.co/sh/7o7Cso.png

Hybrid vehicles actually come in number one with the most fires per 100K sales. Gas vehicles are second, and electric vehicles place third, with only 25 fires per 100K electric vehicle sales. Based on this data, electric vehicles don’t catch fire nearly as much as the news claims. Hybrid cars seem to be the most dangerous for fires, followed by gas vehicles.

[–] • 1 pt

You really shouldn’t comment on car stuff. Please leave that to people who have experience and know better.

[–] • 0 pt

Well here I am reading a post by someone who clearly doesn't know much.

[–] • 0 pt

Electricity right at home yeah bit your car isn't always at home, isn't that a point of a vehicle? You'll take the rate of electric car fires when there is still less than 10% of EV's on the road, wait till there are more. Why would there be a hole in your gas tank, unlikely. You won't always have a class 3 charger around bud, then what? Who cares what "original owners" worries are? Stop thinking of only yourself like a parasitic jew or some sub human imbecile.

[–] • 1 pt

Electricity right at home yeah bit your car isn't always at home,

But it's at home about 360 nights a year, at least. That buys you 250 - 350 miles before you have to worry about charging again.

[–] • 0 pt

I had an Hyundai elantra. That thing lasted forever. It was the car that just wouldnt die

[–] • 1 pt

I got a 2012 civic that runs great. All it's needed in 10 years was a 350 dollar alternator.

[–] • 0 pt

I have an electric car that's at 167,000 miles with no sign of problems from the battery or electric motors. Still driving on the original brake pads too.

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Nobody charges between 4 and 9 pm anyway because that's peak pricing on electricity. Everyone charges overnight when it's cheap*.

* Except stupid people

[–] • 0 pt

Are you also ok with the Cobalt slave mines for the batteries?

[–] • 0 pt

As OK as I am with what goes on with oil production.

[–] • 0 pt

I don't think Teslas use LiFePo4. Am I mistaken?

[–] • 0 pt

Technically, they're lithium ion, however, lithium is still the main element.

[–] • 1 pt

I figure lithium is the main element, yes. But a notably different chemistry. I imagine it's both more unstable and has better power density.

[–] • 6 pts

Interesting, my gasoline car hasn't been started since Thursday afternoon but yet it started right up this morning.

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[–] • 4 pts

I saw one on the street in Minneapolis yesterday, -3°F at the time. Wonder if she made it home...

[–] • 3 pts

Electric Car Owner here. Zero compassion. Cold temperatures are no place for an Electric Car. Get a fucking Diesel.

[–] • 1 pt

he fell for the electric jew

Why do you believe what jews tell you to?

[–] • 3 pts

You really cannot teach people the simplest things -- they just have to learn them by themselves, from experience.

[–] • 0 pt

Like all these people on Poal who don't like electric cars because of the decades of experience they have driving one? Or do you mean to say Poalrs can learn without experience, but no one else can?

[–] • 4 pts

Electric cars suck if you drive distance, tow, or have to be anywhere now.

Simple electronics 101.

Anyone who says any different is either ignorant or a lier.

[–] • 2 pts

It's true that an electric car isn't your best option if you need to drive further than 600 miles in a day.

As far as being anywhere now, that's not a problem as long as you're not an idiot.

[–] • 0 pt

I don't think anyone really gives 2 fucks about electric cars if they would just sell them without banning perfectly good combustion engine vehicles. It isn't cheaper to own an electric car, it isn't more environmentally friendly and it is not more convenient for most people. If it was better to own electric cars then there would be no need to ban anything and people would just stop buying gas vehicles. Is this hard to understand?

[–] • 3 pts

He is going to be extra happy when he gets the bill for 15hours of time on a supercharger.

[–] • 2 pts (edited )

Cold electronics suck, cold batteries suck even more. This is barely noticeable as you get small. But a car battery, kek.

40% battery

19 miles

I get lke 180 miles at 40% tank or something.

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