Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold
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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold
#2"Like any new technology, there’s a learning curve for people," said Mark Bilek of the Chicago Auto Trade Association.
Yup. Learn not to trust EVs.
Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold
#3Its been -10F in the upper midwest the last few days. Lots BEV and ICE vehicles are dead. Its not just an EV issue.
Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold
#4"Like any new technology, there’s a learning curve for people," said Mark Bilek of the Chicago Auto Trade Association. Yup. Learn not to trust EVs.
Chicago skill issue
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/electric-cars-best-...
Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold
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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold
#6Its been -10F in the upper midwest the last few days. Lots BEV and ICE vehicles are dead. Its not just an EV issue.
Easier to get a jumper boost or a new 12V battery than to recharge a high voltage one away from home.
Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold
#7I'm surprised since I've never had any problems at -40C and it happened several times. I Neve had to supercharge the car under these conditions however.
Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold
#8This is where a hybrid powertrain / PHEV is superior to EV. In an ideal system you want redundancies, especially redundancies that cover for each other's weaknesses.
Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold
#9Its been -10F in the upper midwest the last few days. Lots BEV and ICE vehicles are dead. Its not just an EV issue.
I drove to the UP and back the last few days with a 2019 Model 3 SR+ (mentioning this so people understand the range I was working with) with no issues besides increased charging stops because of road and weather conditions. This issue is a specific issue with this charger and the location. This sucks for all the drivers with dead cars, but I feel like the situation is being mischaracterized by this shallow news article. There were failures on Tesla the company to mark this charger as inoperable so the route planner would not use it and for them to not repair the location in a timely manner. There has been a lot of discussion in the Tesla and Chicago subreddit about what is happening in the area to cause this situation with these chargers, so it would be nice to get more information from Tesla itself.
Oh and yes this is not just an EV issue. Just sharing my experience of my car being totally fine traveling in this weather.
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If you have concerns about the veracity of the story, state them and cite your sources. Your assumptions and derisive tone, otherwise, have no place here.