PeoplesElbow
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Maybe they got cheaper trucks (smaller battery packs)?
We dont have a semi truck section, so here goes
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glhs837
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Keep in mind, "problems" like not understanding how things work are not really reliability issues. So dumbasses who don't bother to read the manual and cant operate simple crap like the doors report problems that are not really mechanical issues. Like that guy in CA that was "stuck" in his Model 3 because he didn't know about the manual release, which was literally inches from his hand and is so commonly mistaken for the actual door handle that owners routinely warn new passengers. For CR, that's a problem that brings down the score. Like JD Powers, there's no real "issue or idiot" wheat/chaff sort function performed.
Note the list of charging and drive systems reports focus on other brands. Which are still learning that building EVs at scale isn't as easy as "delete drivetrain/install battery and motor". Nor is software integration as easy as they thought. Both of which lead into problems with the mechanicals and charging system. Although I would venture to say that most of the charging issues are due to a patchwork charging "network" whose universality is far more a hope than reality at this point.
I coulda predicted your response, almost to the letter.
PeoplesElbow
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I was behind a Tesla that lost the rear window, shattered on the road in front of me. Pretty sure that's a knock on reliability
PeoplesElbow
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People still buy Chrysler products too
Ut oh...
www.breitbart.com
'Stranded on Christmas Eve:' Tesla Owner Posts Viral Video of Car Failing to Charge in Cold
A video recorded by a Tesla owner has gone viral after he demonstrated how his Model S vehicle refused to charge at a Supercharger station due to the cold weather. According to Domenick Nati, Elon Musk left him "stranded on Christmas Eve."
glhs837
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I wonder how expensive his tithe is at that church.I coulda predicted your response, almost to the letter.
Don't feel bad..I've spent a lifetime building - and defending - Ford products. I get it.Of course, facts dont change
True, but I’ve never had a Ford truck tell me it was too cold to pump gas in the tank.
I've had a few that probably wanted to tell me that...but held their tongue....
True, but I’ve never had a Ford truck tell me it was too cold to pump gas in the tank.
glhs837
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Every maker has good and bad points. Tesla is the same. Customer service (the real culprit in the Charging Stall that Stole Xmas) needs to be better. The vehicles are not perfect, nothing made by man is. But its become a meme to hate them and just go nuts. So I try and bring a little reality to it. No, a Telsa didn't go Full Self Driving in a Driveway in Texas and kill two men who were in the back seat by accelerating all by itself on the private road to 100 and crashing. No Tesla ever spontaneously combusted and blew up. They wont leave you to freeze to death in a traffic jam. I wonder whatever happened to the latest Killer Tesla, the one in China? That story died really quick..
You must have owned a Yugo at some point....no?
glhs837
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True, but I’ve never had a Ford truck tell me it was too cold to pump gas in the tank.
Ever had a fuel pump fail? I know I have, a few in fact. Luckily for me, the ones I've had fail were passenger cars where access was under the rear seat... Did my last one in the Dodge dealer parking lot on a Sunday with a screw driver
The thing is, that guys car wasnt failing because it was cold. It was cold and his car was failing to charge. People charge in the cold all the time. This guys car was malfunctioning, the problem is that he should have been able reach Service, and he couldnt.
glhs837
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Nope, but I did get to drive one 20 miles in Silicon Valley in the 80s.... Thing was friken hilarious............
Dei machina.Ever had a fuel pump fail? I know I have, a few in fact. Luckily for me, the ones I've had fail were passenger cars where access was under the rear seat... Did my last one in the Dodge dealer parking lot on a Sunday with a screw driver
PeoplesElbow
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I had to go out in 6 degrees to pick up Christmas dinner this year and I've driven through the corner of Death Valley when it was 110 (Baker CA, world's biggest thermometer). Sometimes there isn't a choice.