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The all things EV chat thread
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Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
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Fade and Die
Medal Winner
Not a good day for Tesla…..
Tesla drivers left unable to start their cars after outage https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59357306
PJ87
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How often do you see cars run out of fuel? Hardly ever.. how on earth can you run out of charge .. why would you let it get that low?
They warn you constantly once you get to a certain range so this person ignored it
They warn you constantly once you get to a certain range so this person ignored it
PhilTheFragger
Provider of Entertainment for the Golfing Gods 🙄
This was last week, so old news
This weeks news is about Tesla drivers being unable to unlock and start their cars because the Tesla App was down
Lets all keep up
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59357306
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
This was last week, so old news
This weeks news is about Tesla drivers being unable to unlock and start their cars because the Tesla App was down
Lets all keep up
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59357306
Phil there is already a thread on this could you please post in there ?
PhilTheFragger
Provider of Entertainment for the Golfing Gods 🙄
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There will always be user errors
Some will always forget to put enough petrol in , some will not charge the batteries enough - it happens regardless of the vehicle
The issue for me is - if a car runs out of petrol and is blocking something , out people get and push it to the side and wait for help - hold up will be around 5 mins
The Tesla - runs out of battery , anchor is dropped , cannot push it out of the way and it just sits there like a imovable rock - hold up will continue until someone puts some charge in or it’s lifted up and moved - that’s utterly daft and I hope it’s just limited to the Tesla
Some will always forget to put enough petrol in , some will not charge the batteries enough - it happens regardless of the vehicle
The issue for me is - if a car runs out of petrol and is blocking something , out people get and push it to the side and wait for help - hold up will be around 5 mins
The Tesla - runs out of battery , anchor is dropped , cannot push it out of the way and it just sits there like a imovable rock - hold up will continue until someone puts some charge in or it’s lifted up and moved - that’s utterly daft and I hope it’s just limited to the Tesla
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
A car on four wheels that can’t be pushed out of the way in an emergency is just plain dangerous and a massive design flaw.
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
It's not so much a flaw as just a byproduct of design
Whenever the engine isn't running the car has regen braking to use little energy and capture energy loss
This engages automatically and means that if you try and push you can't because you don't have the force to move the car
Some ev you can push a bit but no power steering
However what should be focused on is that fact the driver has ignored so many warnings
You get a warning and enabling of turtle model when you get low..it says charge now and directs you to charge points
If you ignore that and carry on not to a charge point your irresponsible
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Of course it’s a flaw
If your car breaks down because of no battery and it can’t be pushed away and potentially cause a significant amount of delay to multiple amount of other road users then it’s a flaw
On this occasion the reason why it was a 3 hour delay is because it was an electric car - If that was a non electric then the delay would have been 5/10 mins , the time it would take to push the car out of the way
It’s ok to say that on this type of occurrence the EV is poor choice
bobmac
Major Champion
Other electric cars which can be pushed out of the way are available
Leftitshort
Well-known member
This thread still going round & round??
I’ve got one coming. I don’t want to kill the planet but the real motivation is the 1% BIK. Thank you very much.
I reckon it will save me approx £350 per month. I’m a convert ??
I’ve got one coming. I don’t want to kill the planet but the real motivation is the 1% BIK. Thank you very much.
I reckon it will save me approx £350 per month. I’m a convert ??
drdel
Tour Rookie
That's why I went for a hybrid. Until the infrastructure catches up I will stick to a hybrid.
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
The real question is why is Westfield's (both of them in London) welcome to so many cars. It has excellent rail connections and driving their is a nightmare (even with a telsa broken down) if we really want to go green people should be encouraged to get public transport their
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
If that's what it takes to get people to convert then it's a good thing
Whatever the reason if the right choice is made then it doesn't matter
bobmac
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I’m guessing it’s easy to put the car in neutral when it has power ? less so when the battery is dead.
bobmac
Major Champion
The car also has a standard 12v battery just like all cars so yes, you can put it in neutral.
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Cause maybe he couldn’t and the 12v battery was also dead unless you think he just sat their for 3 hours and tried nothing ?
It’s clearly an issue , and one that didn’t just affect one person , it’s fine to say “yep it’s not good” - instead of scrambling around looking for excuses and pointing the finger elsewhere.
