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[–] takeda@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is not as easy, I mean they're are some things that makes it easier than ICE, but electronical components also cannot get wet and those big boats run on fossil fuel after all.

But what's ridiculous is that rain could damage it (from article doesn't sound like car was flooded, as that would be understandable).

Yesterday I saw comment: imagine that the typical home printer was your car. That's the experience of typical Tesla owner.

This seems to match the article.

[–] Excrubulent 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Except most BEVs absolutely can ford shallow rivers. They're better at it than ICE cars because of the intake issue.

And the electronics on any vehicle needs to be water proof too. Although I've seen an iffroad tesla mod where they actually said that opening holes in the bottom of the ECU waterproofing was essential to allow water to flow out, rather than sealing it up completely like Tesla had done. That was the problem that killed their first motherboard in that project.

Also note there's a difference between electronics and electrics. The electric motors dgaf about water, they work flooded or dry. The logic circuits are the really vulnerable part.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yesterday I saw comment: imagine that the typical home printer was your car. That’s the experience of typical Tesla owner.

Can you expand? I live in a wealthy liberal area, the cross section of people who want to show their wealth with fancy cars and also want to virtue signal that they care about the environment, so there are a bunch of Teslas around here. I also have a few close friends and family that have them. I've heard overwhelmingly good things about the cars from these people. All of the complaints have been minor quibbles.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tesla owners down play it, but basically every study/survey agrees that Tesla has terrible reliability. It's not just the electric car parts, it's everything. You can call it minor that door handles stick, or windows break, loss of power steering, leaking moon roofs, touch screens being non-responsive, and more.

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Those studies usually fail to account for the ease of service with Tesla. You can schedule service from the app and most of the time they will send a mobile technician to you at home or at work or wherever you want to service the vehicle, so people are more likely to schedule appointments for minor issues.