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Tesla charging stations become ‘car graveyards’ as batteries die in subzero temperatures, abandoned cars left in the lot after cars wouldn’t charge (www.kansascity.com)

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Tesla charging stations become ‘car graveyards’ as batteries die in subzero temperatures, abandoned cars left in the lot after cars wouldn’t charge::undefined

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[–] markr@lemmy.world 68 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is part of the 'EV apocalypse' FUD campaign.

AFAICT one super charging site in Chicago had more than one non-functional chargers. Why they were not functioning is not known. Quite a few Teslas queued up there in the cold and some of them ran their batteries down to zero. Each regurgitation of the this event has the same pictures of the same cars at the same place.

It is a fact that EV range decreases with cold, and that decrease can be significant. Drivers unaware of this, and who don't monitor their battery levels, can indeed find themselves effectively 'out of gas'.

We need much better urban charging infrastructure. Street level L2 charging should be ubiquitous, and that can be easily achieved using the existing street level power line infrastructure.

[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The problem is teslas. Better designers have non-engine reliant heating systems, that you can use to warm your battery enough to hold a charge, so it can run your engine and keep itself warm.

Teslas dont have this. So when they go cold, they are stuck cold.

You dont need to redesign the charging infrastructure to cater to the poorly designed car. You need to fix the shit car.

[–] sugartits@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Huh? Tesla scvanges heat from all over the car https://youtu.be/Dujr3DRkpDU

And a Tesla is more than capable of charging when left out in the cold and not preconditioned (although it was initially very slow) https://youtu.be/i-c8AUeKs5c

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

You have no idea what you're talking about