Common misunderstandings when switching to a Tesla

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Post by giannidunk » Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 9:33 PM UTC

Common misunderstandings when switching to a Tesla
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Re: Common misunderstandings when switching to a Tesla

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Post by giannidunk » Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 9:37 PM UTC

Apologies for the clickbait-y title, but my co-founder and I did find that most of these facts were little known when we were talking to our users recently!

Re: Common misunderstandings when switching to a Tesla

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Post by bradknowles » Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 6:35 AM UTC

EVs don’t have “engines”. They have “motors”.

Someone in the EV business should know the difference.

Re: Common misunderstandings when switching to a Tesla

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Post by ksaj » Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 8:25 PM UTC

bradknowles wrote: post #3

EVs don’t have “engines”. They have “motors”. Someone in the EV business should know the difference.

I find a related issue when astronomers talk about "other solar systems." There are many other star / planetary systems, but only one Sol. At best, they could say "other Solar-like planetary systems" since that is usually the context this phrase gets used in.

Having said that, this Wikipedia page lists the Electrical Motor as a type of engine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine and nobody takes issue with the term "rocket engine."

I can't find a Wikipedia page describing other stars as a type of Sol, though.