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Electric vehicles - no charge. Dead robots.

Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:43 am
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
56106 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:43 am
At charging stations account of too cold temperatures.

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Desperate Tesla owners in and around Chicago were seen trying to charge their vehicles with no luck amid frigid temperatures that have gripped the Midwest.

Charging stations have essentially turned into car graveyards in recent days as temperatures have dropped to the negative double digits, Fox Chicago reported.

"Nothing. No juice. Still on zero percent," Tyler Beard, who had been trying to recharge his Tesla at an Oak Brook, Illinois Tesla supercharging station since Sunday afternoon, told the news outlet. "And this is like three hours being out here after being out here three hours yesterday." Beard and several other Tesla owners were trying to charge their cars amid long lines and abandoned cars at other Tesla charging stations in the Chicago area, the news station reported.

"This is crazy. It’s a disaster. Seriously," said Tesla owner Chalis Mizelle.

Mizelle said she abandoned her car and got a ride from a friend after hers would not charge.

"We got a bunch of dead robots out here," one man said.
Posted by Azkiger
Member since Nov 2016
26817 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:44 am to
EVs dead in a freeze, at least you're fighting global warming
Posted by SloaneRanger
Upper Hurstville
Member since Jan 2014
12449 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:45 am to
People haven’t even begun to grasp the catastrophic implications of widespread EV use.
Posted by The Maj
Member since Sep 2016
30516 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:46 am to
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Electric vehicles - no charge. Dead robots.


Well, walking is not crowded...

These folks deserve to have to walk in sub-freezing temps...
Posted by Warfarer
Dothan, AL
Member since May 2010
12331 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:46 am to
EVs are a great idea, but like most great ideas, it isn't near the end of the evolution. Lithium batteries aren't nearly the last stop on this and charging stations aren't either.

eventually, it will be some type of supercharging alternator built in that charges as it drives with a different, lighter battery.
Posted by dakarx
Member since Sep 2018
8122 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:47 am to
If only we had a fuel for vehicles that was really hard to freeze and easily added to add range capacity...........
Posted by thebigmuffaletta
Member since Aug 2017
15398 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:49 am to
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"This is crazy. It’s a disaster. Seriously," said Tesla owner Chalis Mizelle.


Guarantee this person thinks they are smarter than all of the ignorant rubes who drive gas powered vehicles.
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
56106 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:50 am to
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eventually, it will be some type of supercharging alternator built in that charges as it drives with a different, lighter battery.



You're probably right but until that happens people, whether it be private citizens, businesses and government shouldn't be forced or encouraged at this time to go electric.
This post was edited on 1/16/24 at 7:52 am
Posted by LSUvet72
Member since Sep 2013
13103 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:51 am to
All you electric vehicle owners enjoy your vehicle you can’t find a charging station.

You liberal, Marxist Biden people enjoy your zero pollution BS while China builds a coal fired plant every week .

Posted by Strannix
C.S.A.
Member since Dec 2012
52711 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:52 am to
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eventually, it will be some type of supercharging alternator built in that charges as it drives with a different, lighter battery.


Physics isnt your strong suit is it.
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
70124 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:52 am to
They didn't put in their winterized battery a couple months ago?




Posted by mtntiger
Asheville, NC
Member since Oct 2003
29250 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:54 am to
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
64202 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:54 am to
It's almost like the point of EV's is to make people use cars less.
Posted by bayoudude
Member since Dec 2007
25815 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:54 am to
They should hire a fresh bus load of illegals to push them around town all day..
Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
92565 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:56 am to
They can learn to ride the L then
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
56106 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:56 am to
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Physics isnt your strong suit is it.



Something tells me the longer those batteries sit around dead and uncharged the shorter the lifespan of the batteries down the road.
Posted by Macfly
BR & DS
Member since Jan 2016
9921 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:56 am to
Extreme heat and cold will do a number on charging cycles because it's necessary to maintain the batteries at an operating temperature.
Posted by Warfarer
Dothan, AL
Member since May 2010
12331 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:58 am to
quote:

You're probably right but until that happens people, whether it be private citizens, businesses and government shouldn't be forced or encouraged at this time to go electric.


absolutely. I do a lot of work on a military base near me and they have gone through a bought a ton of Ford Lightning pickups and these solar chargers that come in on a truck and basically sit on the ground ready to go. no one likes the Fords because they take two days to charge on the solar chargers. What an investment the government has made.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
30742 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 7:59 am to
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Extreme heat and cold will do a number on charging cycles because it's necessary to maintain the batteries at an operating temperature.


The old saying about batteries: Summer kills batteries, but winter tells the tale.
Posted by Warfarer
Dothan, AL
Member since May 2010
12331 posts
Posted on 1/16/24 at 8:01 am to
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Physics isnt your strong suit is it.



what do you mean? the development of a lighter battery made of different materials? you're really stupid if you think that is out of the realm of possibility. Look back at history just in the last twenty to thirty years. Computers used to fill rooms and, with your attitude, they should have stayed that size or bigger. Instead, we carry around a phone that is nearly as powerful as a room sized computer 30 years ago.

there will be some type of quick evolution of batteries. once someone figures out the formula to it, it will move really fast for a few years and advance us a lot. I've seen this happen many times in my life.
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