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A Tesla owner says he was locked out of his EV after its 12-volt battery died amid the Texas heat (www.businessinsider.com)
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The Tesla owner said getting stuck in his driveway was "annoying as hell," and he tried everything from hosing the car down to jumping the battery.

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[–] ramjet@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This happened to James May after he left his car sitting for a bit of time. It was a huge pain in the ass to fix it

[–] Terevos@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Happens to gas cars too. Jump it or get it serviced. Not like Teslas are unique in this

[–] ramjet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it’s the fact that you can’t really open the car or the hood when that happens. If my Hyundai battery dies, I open the car door, the hood, and just replace the battery.

[–] Terevos@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

Well, I can do that on my Tesla too. You just have to know what to do.

And there are other gas cars which are fully electric too. So if it's locked, you would have similar issues.