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Tesla Owner Stranded At Supercharger Station On Christmas Eve After Cold Weather Paralyzes Battery https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/tesla-owner-stranded-supercharger-christmas-eve-after-cold-weather-paralyzes-batteryBesides freezing door handles, Tesla owners who braved the cold this Christmas weekend were met with 'winter range anxiety.' As we explained last week, cold weather will degrade battery performance. At least one video went viral on Christmas Eve of a person whose Model S wouldn't charge in the cold at a Supercharger station. Domenick Nati, 44, a resident of Lynchburg, Virginia, rolled into a Supercharger station Saturday afternoon with 19 miles left of charge. The Tesla's dashboard showed outside temperatures were 19 degrees Fahrenheit. He made a video about his awful experience over the last 24 hours. He timestamped the moment he plugged in the vehicle at 1:11 pm. One hour later, he showed the same message with 19 miles range, which meant the car didn't charge. Then two hours later, he showed the same alert and no charge again. "Two hours went by and not much changed. "It was very slow and the numbers got lower as the temperature dropped. Eventually, it stopped charging altogether," he told Bussiness Insider. Yup the exact reason for NOT buying a EV, but a hybrid would be good. At least you could run the engine if all else fails and get where your going. |
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“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.”
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Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2022, 10:47:18 AM » |
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Makes me want to rush out and buy one. On top of that our power provider has had rolling power outages.
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 I've seen alot of people that thought they were cool , but then again Lord I've seen alot of fools. |
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« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2022, 11:18:01 AM » |
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Makes me want to rush out and buy one. On top of that our power provider has had rolling power outages.
Merry Christmas Joe! -Mike "is that nuke or coal?  " |
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« Reply #3 on: December 25, 2022, 11:19:53 AM » |
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Tesla Owner Stranded At Supercharger Station On Christmas Eve After Cold Weather Paralyzes Battery https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/tesla-owner-stranded-supercharger-christmas-eve-after-cold-weather-paralyzes-batteryBesides freezing door handles, Tesla owners who braved the cold this Christmas weekend were met with 'winter range anxiety.' As we explained last week, cold weather will degrade battery performance. At least one video went viral on Christmas Eve of a person whose Model S wouldn't charge in the cold at a Supercharger station. Domenick Nati, 44, a resident of Lynchburg, Virginia, rolled into a Supercharger station Saturday afternoon with 19 miles left of charge. The Tesla's dashboard showed outside temperatures were 19 degrees Fahrenheit. He made a video about his awful experience over the last 24 hours. He timestamped the moment he plugged in the vehicle at 1:11 pm. One hour later, he showed the same message with 19 miles range, which meant the car didn't charge. Then two hours later, he showed the same alert and no charge again. "Two hours went by and not much changed. "It was very slow and the numbers got lower as the temperature dropped. Eventually, it stopped charging altogether," he told Bussiness Insider. Yup the exact reason for NOT buying a EV, but a hybrid would be good. At least you could run the engine if all else fails and get where your going. As long as you can start the ICE engine directly without having to use the battery / electric motor first.... |
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« Reply #4 on: December 25, 2022, 11:27:58 AM » |
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My 06 Pontiac Grand Prix with near 186 G on the clock sat fer 3 days in single digit temps. Went out yesterady-near 19 Degree F at the time-hit the remote starter function and the ol gal fired right up. And my current wally wurld battery near 4 year old. And ran all the lights and the radio and the heated seat and the blower for the heater. And She NEVER slowed down while runnin all them electric things!  And when She full of 87 octane loud water near bout 460 mile range. In and out of a fuel stop 15 minutes tops and range back up to bout 460 miles with full tank. Yuppers git me some "FREE" gubmint money and buy me a new chinese electric whizz bang veehickull!  Yeah RIGHT!  RIDE SAFE. |
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Today is the tommorow you worried about yesterday. If at first you don't succeed screw it-save it for nite check. 1964 1968 U S Navy. Two cruises off Nam.
VRCCDS0240 2012 GL1800 Gold Wing Motor Trike conversion
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« Reply #5 on: December 25, 2022, 06:36:35 PM » |
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Makes me want to rush out and buy one. On top of that our power provider has had rolling power outages.
Heard about the rolling black outs you OK? |
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“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.”
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« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2022, 06:37:40 PM » |
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My 06 Pontiac Grand Prix with near 186 G on the clock sat fer 3 days in single digit temps. Went out yesterady-near 19 Degree F at the time-hit the remote starter function and the ol gal fired right up. And my current wally wurld battery near 4 year old. And ran all the lights and the radio and the heated seat and the blower for the heater. And She NEVER slowed down while runnin all them electric things! And when She full of 87 octane loud water near bout 460 mile range. In and out of a fuel stop 15 minutes tops and range back up to bout 460 miles with full tank. Yuppers git me some "FREE" gubmint money and buy me a new chinese electric whizz bang veehickull! Yeah RIGHT! RIDE SAFE. Heated seats, Huuuummm you must have one of those deluxe models.  |
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“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.”
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« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2022, 06:43:33 AM » |
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« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2022, 07:19:57 AM » |
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Makes me want to rush out and buy one. On top of that our power provider has had rolling power outages.
Have you seen rolling blackouts during cold weather before? Or are they a new 'benefit' of the energy transition? |
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« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2022, 07:40:39 AM » |
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My 06 Pontiac Grand Prix with near 186 G on the clock sat fer 3 days in single digit temps. Went out yesterady-near 19 Degree F at the time-hit the remote starter function and the ol gal fired right up. And my current wally wurld battery near 4 year old. And ran all the lights and the radio and the heated seat and the blower for the heater. And She NEVER slowed down while runnin all them electric things! And when She full of 87 octane loud water near bout 460 mile range. In and out of a fuel stop 15 minutes tops and range back up to bout 460 miles with full tank. Yuppers git me some "FREE" gubmint money and buy me a new chinese electric whizz bang veehickull! Yeah RIGHT! RIDE SAFE. glad your older 06 grand prix probably with the nice 3.8L V6 engine fires up just fine. Going to try that today firing up my newer 2014 sonata with OEM 9 year old AGM battery to see if it starts. We did not want to chance it driving 4 hours north on Saturday so took my newer truck got 13.5 mpg against 30 mph headwinds and 2 degrees out vs. on way home with the lighter winds and 5 degrees out got 16 mpg. Sonata did start last Thursday at -9 degrees but sounded WEAK and did not want to chance that long of a drive from home on I-90 system. If it does not start, running to Costco to buy new AGM battery cheapest one found for 180 bucks. Dealer wanted 243 bucks and Farm and Fleet's same spec AGM car battery was 220 bucks - OUCH. I think 9 years old and OEM battery with 113K miles is about time to give it up and just buy a new one vs. being stranded this winter in below zero temps. Suppose to be high of 16 degrees heat wave vs. what it has been lately -9 to 2 to 3 degrees for lows at night. How many of us will get over 10 years use out of a car battery? I think 9 years of near daily driving especially in COLD WI winters is decent useful life? I wonder if COLD temps vs HOT temps say in AZ is harder on batteries? |
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« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2022, 10:00:35 AM » |
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I'd replace the battery, no question !!!!!
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« Reply #11 on: December 26, 2022, 11:42:10 AM » |
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My 06 Pontiac Grand Prix with near 186 G on the clock sat fer 3 days in single digit temps. Went out yesterady-near 19 Degree F at the time-hit the remote starter function and the ol gal fired right up. And my current wally wurld battery near 4 year old. And ran all the lights and the radio and the heated seat and the blower for the heater. And She NEVER slowed down while runnin all them electric things! And when She full of 87 octane loud water near bout 460 mile range. In and out of a fuel stop 15 minutes tops and range back up to bout 460 miles with full tank. Yuppers git me some "FREE" gubmint money and buy me a new chinese electric whizz bang veehickull! Yeah RIGHT! RIDE SAFE. Bought used and I AM the 2nd owner. And prior to this cage I'd Never has heated seats before. I'd used them in other peoples cages but Never had them myself. I ARE Spoiled. Those seats I M O came into their own couple Christmas's ago when I wanted to go to Church one Sunday up in Illinois. 10 or 15 below zero started up remotely parked my butt after glass thawed turned on the seat heat and Now I'll NEVER consider any cage without heated seats. Maybe a heated steering wheel on the next one too! RIDE SAFE. Heated seats, Huuuummm you must have one of those deluxe models. |
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Today is the tommorow you worried about yesterday. If at first you don't succeed screw it-save it for nite check. 1964 1968 U S Navy. Two cruises off Nam.
VRCCDS0240 2012 GL1800 Gold Wing Motor Trike conversion
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« Reply #12 on: December 26, 2022, 03:50:57 PM » |
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As for batteries for cages , Interstate price and installation has always been the best price.
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MarkT
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« Reply #13 on: December 26, 2022, 04:17:17 PM » |
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The OEM battery on my 97 Exploder lasted 13 years. An anomaly. Especially for a cheapo OEM battery. Of course it wasn't subject to extreme cold like in Wi. Design temp here (for housing code) is 20° higher than Kenosha. When we get hit with freak cold there are broken water pipe reports all over the news - this cold snap. BTW we just got hit with a new record cold locally, at -27°. Other records lately, greatest temp drop in one hour (I think 37°), greatest temp drop in one day, ~75°.
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« Reply #14 on: December 26, 2022, 06:38:58 PM » |
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""The majority of car batteries are created by 3 manufacturers - Delphi, Exide and Johnson Controls Industries.
Delphi makes some EverStart models sold in Walmart and ACDelco.
Johnson Control Industries makes Duralast seen in Autozone stores, Diehard - sold in Sears, Kirkland - the Costco brand, Motorcraft - which Ford sells, some of the EverStarts, and Interstate.
Exide makes Exide batteries, Champion, Napa and even a % of the EverStart batteries.""
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« Reply #15 on: December 26, 2022, 07:30:08 PM » |
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the new C8 has no stink'in battery issues...just the wife seems to leave early leaving with it...fortunately the 2001 GMC 1/2 ton is a keeper |
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