ALL the Tesla drivers are taking the bus because their $50,000+ "car of the future" can't run in the cold. Looks like consumers will still be buying a vehicle with an internal combustion engine, not one with unreliable batteries.
Granola power doesn't work very well when you're outside California, it seems...
Elon, possibly the most successful African American
Honest answers: Because people buy Teslas to virtue signal. (Not all, and might be more perception than reality.)
Because Tesla relied heavily on taxpayer subsidies. (So too the other American auto manufacturers though.)
Because people like internal combustion engines that can be serviced and used with simple tools for decades.
You: Why don't people like Tesla? Me: Here you go. You: BUT THEY'RE AMAZING!
Whatever. Serves me right for thinking that you wanted a real answer.
Yeah no.
People buy teslas because they have no maintenance and shit on hypercars 0-60 while doing 150mpg effective.
He wasn't asking why people buy Teslas, he was asking why people don't like them.
If they made a product that worked reliably in the cold (real cold, not Florida 'cold') then more people would be driving them.
It has nothing to do with where they're manufactured. If Tesla was interested in selling more units in cold climates, then they should've made them more resilient. Until then, the car companies that sell vehicles with internal combustion engines will pick up the sales (everyone but Tesla).
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I'd rather have a Corvette (2020)!
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You have to pre-heat the batteries for cold temps but at 30 below you shit out of luck.
I can get around 700 - 750 miles of range at 48 - 50 mpg with my turbocharged diesel (the most thermally efficient internal combustion engine). When an electric car can do that, it will be a viable long-term alternative.
Speaking of efficiency, what are the total losses involved in converting stored energy (coal, hydrocarbon, solar, wind or atomic) into electricity, transmitting it to an endpoint, converting it to DC to charge the batteries and transferring the current to the motors?
To be fair, the only car I ever tried To drive in minus twenty wouldn’t turn over.
It started right up when the temp went up to 30.
Of course it was used to Florida, and no doubt had the wrong oil.
You only need a block heater if you're turning the engine off for 8+ hours (depends on temperature and wind). Otherwise, the engine will run and stay running until the fuel runs out, which at idle is relatively efficient. Internal combustion engines heat themselves naturally as a byproduct of generating power, instead of requiring an additional draw of resources. This waste heat can be used to heat the cabin and passengers.
Electric cars need a constant heat source to keep the passengers warm, as well as to keep the batteries warm enough to keep the motors running. At cold temps it is incredibly inefficient in terms of how much battery power is used to do these two tasks, in addition to powering the vehicle as it accelerates.
My Dodge turned over, my Chev didn't. Buy what works for you.
The big thing I notice is climate hysteria is so much bullshit.
Look, you want a Tesla -- for whatever damn reason -- buy one. If you live in Alaska or Montana, don't. Geez, we've got bigger issues right now, don't you guys think?!
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Not sure who you’re talking to, but I’ve never had a problem with Tesla’s in very cold winter weather if you preheat the car through the app. Plenty of documentation on YouTube as well, just search “Tesla winter” (e.g. -33 deg F, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=capOgUHPz9Q).