Frigid cold, broken chargers leave Chicago area Tesla owners frustrated

[@larrybruce4856]

Getting stuck in frigid and sub zero weather with an electric vehicle can be a death sentence.

[@suspicious2delicious]

reminds me of a village in Russia. If your car stops working during driving You're dead.

[@gordonhamilton727]

All these sub zero temperatures......I blame global warming.

[@Studio89Graphic]

@@gordonhamilton727 Yes December 2023 was warm for a whole Month; with no Snow; that is why when the Artic Vortex came down there were no Humidity to Limit the El Niño, La Nina Gordan. It is Sub 40-50 not Sub Zero; J/K

[@mh1970]

​@@gordonhamilton727global warming is cold as hell

[@davehaggerty3405]

About the same as a gas car. About two days.

[@William1866]

I'll wave when I drive by in my 1992 Ford Taurus.

[@Arborpress]

REEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

[@SweetandSourohmy]

🚘

[@chenaim23]

😅

[@postulatingspin4470]

Yep…and just in case you have a $3 can of starting fluid and a jump starter. Man’s man!

[@kdc6884]

😂 🚗

[@davearnold731]

Any time Tesla sends a rescue vehicle it is ALWAYS a gas or diesel powered one. That tells you all you need to know.

[@DocMicrowave]

If that's true, that's quite the irony.

[@chrisbueschel3884]

yep that sums it up 100%

[@mosesoftheblock2311]

Good point

[@kebeleteeek4227]

The rescue team in natural disaster event will use their ICE vehicles too ..... LOL

[@DocMicrowave]

@@kebeleteeek4227 That is very true!

[@tlinscents]

You can tell it's cold when the reporter reports the story from the car

[@KretaBull]

She's HOT 🔥 ❤

[@Eduardo_Espinoza]

🥶

[@fobinc]

But not cold enough for Jussie to get a sandwich at 2 AM. That gift just keeps on giving.

[@DUCKSAREEVILLLLLLLL]

I heard -10. That's nothing. We get entire weeks when it never gets over zero here in Minnesota. My wife's 2002 Suburban started great at -28F.

[@Marre480]

Sending a warm hug to all the EV owners freezing together with their superior vehicles. 🤗

[@petergerritgroen3157]

En subsidies 😂😂😂😂

[@themsrshow2186]

hahahah

[@kman-mi7su]

Yep, so much better than the MAJORITY. I'll drive by the charging stations and wave.

[@antihypocrisy8978]

EVs are a Chinese thing. Let them keep them.

[@robertsmith2956]

How's that green heat doing. Kind of wish you had a gas car helping warm things up I bet.

[@HolyJawbone]

I thought teslas were fueled by the drivers own sense of self satisfaction

[@petebusch9069]

Good one.

[@dchawk81]

The face masks are stopping the satisfaction from escaping the exhaust port.

[@marcodarko2961]

Combined with the brain fog from those pokey pokes. ​@@dchawk81

[@BoratM.Sagdiev]

And the smell of their own farts.

[@davido3746]

Good one!

[@larrybarnett5910]

Who would've thought cold weather would drain a battery duh

[@Gfysimpletons]

When I was a kid back in the 80’s people used to say “Put your batteries in the freezer, it will make them last longer!” Yeah, no….

[@bullyboy131]

​@@Gfysimpletons LOL. The good old days

[@Jason-rn4jk]

Cold doesn’t drain a battery, in fact it keeps it charged when not in use. But the ions are so frozen they won’t move during the charging process itself.

[@chrishart8548]

​@Gfysimpletons was the fridge not the damb freezer. And they were not talking about lithium either.

[@larrybarnett5910]

I grew up in the late 70's in Central Illinois back then about everyone carried jumper cables in the winter

[@Colbybartley]

This happened to me yesterday (no dead battery, im not that inept) 5 dead stalls at one location, 4 dead at the other. Trading the car in on Friday. Buying a Tesla was the biggest mistake ive ever made.

[@Globeguy1]

EVs can stall? How does that look like? Just a shutdown?

[@77jesseday]

The stalls are dead because of the weather? Poor Maintenance? I'm curious if these dead stalls were caused by the weather or just part of the early adopter experience.

[@ishanb4761]

Hey just wondering, why don’t you have a home charger?

[@JimEnger]

​@@Globeguy1 Pretty sure they meant charging stalls, a place to charge your EV.

[@howlinwulf]

I think more people are starting to realize. This already happened in 1910

[@timmytwodogs]

I live in Alberta, Canada and it has been between -30 and -48 below zero here for 10 days. The province was warning EV owners to avoid driving unless absolutely necessary. If you get stranded out here in these temperatures you're in big trouble.

[@JonasC22]

did you get the warning about the power grid being near failure? EVs weren't even supposed to be charging, since they require massive amounts of electricity.

[@yoshums7970]

​@@JonasC22well, it's unnecessary usage, it's not a huge amount of electricity. The total number of electric vehicles is like 0.3% of grid usage in Alberta.

[@TheSulross]

The EV mandates in Canada will end up seeing people getting stranded in their EVs in severe freezing conditions, from which there will be deaths resulting - the people that foist this EV mandate agenda will be their murderers.

[@kyles234]

EV owners lives dont matter.

[@AndrewTSq]

@@yoshums7970 its not the electricity that is the problem, its that the grid cant handle the amount being used at the same time . My house has a 25A fuse, so If I would use 30A it would not work that good, same with the grid. So if you have say 8 200kWh fast chargers, they could easily put down the grid if its already near its capacity limit.

[@Fluke2Win]

Damn! It's too cold to save the environment from global warming.

[@edwardp8927]

You obviously didn’t pay attention in school and learn how “averages” work 😂😂😂😂

[@LWRC]

@@edwardp8927 No, it is actually these frozen winters that's causing the claimed global warming!!!

[@kdc6884]

Oh daaaaaaasmn 🥶😶‍🌫️

[@justinpennington7682]

​@@edwardp8927lmao triggered 😂

[@jacknguyen5677]

They should shown this to Biden and liberal shitheads..

[@kathymello2654]

Magic Carpets are more reliable and less flammable too!

[@MainMite06]

"🎶🎶Why dont you come with me on a magic riide?!🎶🎶"

[@uberwebd9824]

Very encouraging for the future EV owners.

[@divergentthg7925]

Which is no different than the gas powered car that takes a battery😂

[@joemomma707]

@@divergentthg7925no different? Do you know the definition of “different”?

[@crecenciogonzalez9875]

Buy Japanese Gas get your money worth 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jdmguy44]

I'll die before I own an EV

[@divergentthg7925]

@@joemomma707 yes

[@janicefrantz1831]

Canada just mandated only electric cars by 2035. If I remember right, Canada gets pretty cold... 😅

[@AP90x]

Something fishy about the word trying to make cars only electric with no other options. Wouldn’t it be smarter to use gas AND electric so we don’t exhaust resources by solely relying on one? Its obviously a control thing. They want to be able to turn your car off at the push of a button. If u have a low social score then your car will be disabled along with your ability to go to certain stores and restaurants. This is the future we are headed towards.

[@Thequrva]

Canada mandated every citizen to match their IQ to their average national temperature.

[@i6power30]

I'm pretty sure this mandate will be pushed back 10+ years after Trudae loses his next election.

[@jeffb.6642]

@@Thequrva nah that was Turd D'eau gaslighting us for the last 8 years hopefully we can get the conservatives back in there soon enough to reverse course on this bullshit. There's no way it won't be an unmitigated disaster for all involved the day you can only buy an EV.

[@virtualZ161]

Battery technology and infrastructure will be well developed by then. Solid state technology will be a reality soon.

[@brentneahring2797]

Crazy how I saw an EV "expert" say that extreme cold has "no impact on long term battery life" my 2015 taurus fired up after 2 days of sitting outside in -15° weather. I'd lose my mind if I had to wait hours just for my car to charge 🙄

[@cjlaity1]

I wouldn't worry about anyone stealing your Tesla bro.

[@wtlloyd6039]

They can't. Cars are theft proof, short of a hammer and a flatbed.

[@richardjohnson8009]

Lol goodo ne

[@mrfishsticks266]

Even if they tried, Tesla has security systems by code. But I wouldn't be sad if someone managed to steal it lol

[@UmbraWeiss]

​@@mrfishsticks266they only need the battery,the rest is worth nothing either way :))

[@dbpool]

Yep - even STUPID criminals would rather steal a toyota camry than a tesla - more reliable.

[@boblatzer]

Same up in Canada but the mainstream media is not allowed to show it.

[@rack9458]

Didn't we tell you batteries do not perform in sub zero temps? Speed charges will not charge a dead frozen battery. The battery needs to be warned up and regenerated.

[@MrElemonator]

Whos creating a fragile system to quit on 👹

[@kingbran923]

A couple of points my friend: Teslas work fine in freezing cold temperatures. Sure its true they have degraded performance and shorter battery life, but same is said for gasoline engines. Your fuel economy in sub-zero temperatures is also extremely bad. Its just a fact of life. That being said, EVs still operate in cold temperatures and superchargers work fine too. Tesla has superchargers in the coldest parts of the world. Some simple research into this topic and you'd see that all the bullshit propaganda you've been fed is wrong.

[@edwardp8927]

@@kingbran923dont tell them that. You’re going to make them use their brains. Then if they do that, maybe they’ll be able to make more money to afford a model 3 that they claim you have to be rich to own 😂😂😂😂

[@bukboefidun9096]

​@kingbran923 then please explain reality? Oh, we forgot, you weren't taught reality

[@____sej]

@@kingbran923 care to comment on this news segment? You don’t see this at gas pumps.

[@THEDOPEGAME]

The moral of the story is, if you own a EV… ALWAYS HAVE A GASOLINE CAR BACKUP!

[@Rico0333]

Or just charge at home

[@andyr8812]

Or make sure that you carry a diesel generator in the trunk😄

[@THEDOPEGAME]

@@andyr8812 🤣🤣🤣💯

[@claudenewton8932]

Same thing that a Jaguar owner told me.

[@cjhdabears7186]

No, save the environment and ride your bikes 🤣🤣🤣 sheeple

[@stevemelton4388]

Hot weather is also a range robber, along with headwinds, steep grades, high speed driving, heating the car, towing, fast charging to 100% capacity and age of battery. It’s not just cold weather!

[@TheSulross]

IOW, EV tech is pretty particular about the climate range that it will operate in. (Heck, in Florida during hurricane season they have to endure EV battery fires as saltwater exposure will set them off. California had to ration EV charging during the summer - their grid can't handle EVs.)

[@BigBen621]

@@TheSulross _California had to ration EV charging during the summer_ They did nothing of the kind.

[@ryans413]

Heat and cold are the downfall of battery powered cars. The cold kills the battery and the heat overheats the batteries making them spill all there acid. That’s why the batteries have coolant to help cool and warm the batteries but with no engine to pump the coolant around your left with an electric pump that can only do so much off the 12 volt battery.

[@BigBen621]

@@ryans413 Almost none of this is true; but I don't have the time or patience to correct you, and you wouldn't believe the truth anyway.

[@MeatballMedic]

Like ICE doesn’t use extra fuel in a headwind…. God you people are stupid.

[@SteamCrane]

I drove around with my gas car that day. I decided to charge it, took about 5 minutes for a full charge, good for another 400+ miles. Went out the next morning, it was still charged, ran some more errands.

[@jefforceone]

This just proves one thing don’t get rid of your gas running car just yet especially if you live in a cold state

[@Dulc3B00kbyBrant0n]

scaled up toy cars are not proper vehicles they cannot be refueled efficiently

[@ryans413]

I really see no advantages to owning a full electric car maybe a hybrid not an a full electric.

[@divergentthg7925]

Until the gas runs out or your battery in your gas car can't work

[@A3Kr0n]

Where's Tesla's emergency recharging helicopters?

[@xlaz7]

who said that lmao ?

[@vincei4252]

You got that wrong. We need Tesla fast charging ships.

[@chriscordray8572]

They are sending out recharging military 🪖 tanks. The helicopters 🚁 can't fly in bad weather. 😂

[@DocMicrowave]

I thought those would be drones.

[@pettyaf960]

😂👀😂😂

[@skiptheroad]

Never leave yourself dependent on a single system.

[@TheLast-One]

Like gas?

[@johnrobi0]

@@TheLast-One I like that there's less traffic when the EV's are stranded.

[@markplott4820]

guess these people Dont know HOME chargers exist.

[@MinhBui-vr2oz]

We depend on ICE cars for more than a century already .

[@AlTurner-zc9qw]

The last stupid one gas has worked for over one hundred years ev's haven't worked in one year do the math kid

[@conantdog]

From other news reports Tesla employees were on site fixing chargers. Like only a gas cars don't wait till the middle of a snowstorm to go out and get gas it's pretty basic. Like voting in Chicago, charge early charge often.

[@anthonycyr9657]

Just imagine if all our emergency response vechicles were electric? lots of people would die..

[@chrisbueschel3884]

If Biden has his way that will be the future sadly

[@joshfuerst9607]

I doubt those would rely on public charging stations run by 3rd parties. It's pretty easy to equip a level 2 charger at a hospital or fire station where the vehicles sit.

[@howlinhauler]

just imagine if you had the IQ to think your way through your dumb statement.... let me help u, emergency drivers would have their own charging ports and not use public chargers. Most of these cars are people who dont have a garage.

[@markplott4820]

FALSE. City/County would SAVE $$$ Billions on Fuel costs & Maintenance alone. there is DATA to back that up.

[@realnapster1522]

@@markplott4820false. Only billionaires get rich due to EVs. Everyone else gets poorer. Hydrogen is the future but tech is not there het

[@Johnny-Utah-91]

My 2011 Honda CRV started this morning. it was -10 F no issues. Went to the pump and topped off the tank. Everything went well.😂

[@divergentthg7925]

Yeah until your battery doesn't work anymore and needs a jump start. Gas powered is no different than a battery even if the roles were reversed

[@Johnny-Utah-91]

@@divergentthg7925 a jump start easily given by another car of any brand. Can a Tesla be jumpstarted 😂😂??

[@divergentthg7925]

@@Johnny-Utah-91 yes it can be jump started like any other

[@Johnny-Utah-91]

@@divergentthg7925 sure 👍🏻

[@tshaffer9681]

So much for GO GREEN. Elon Musk doesn't care, he's already got your money.

[@AutoDIY]

There is too much hate in this comments section, these are people stuck in the cold and most of you could give 0 efs.

[@MR_THINQ]

Yep! 😂😂😂😂🫵

[@tstahler5420]

Gas pumps still work. When I was a kid, I worked at a gas station in Pennsylvania, -5°, couldn't wash your windows but gas was no problem.😂

[@edwardp8927]

I actually picked up someone near ohare and he was having problems pumping gas because the nozzles were frozen. There was a story on WGN about it lol

[@TeeroyHammermill]

@@edwardp8927 : Likely just a broken nozzle. Gasoline doesn't freeze til around -200F.

[@edwardp8927]

@@TeeroyHammermill oh, ok…he told me he went to a few gas stations and had the same problem. I’m thinking maybe some sort of moisture got in there from all the snow and froze maybe.

[@eduardoreal1056]

That is the weakness of batteries. They are affected by extreme cold and heat.

[@tipprich]

Plug-in hybrids are the next step, not EVs. Charge at home, fill up the tank on the road. Best of both worlds.

[@chuckb6691]

Exactly. Give me a reasonably priced PHEV with a 50 mile battery range. Enough to get to work and back, or run errands electrically and a gasoline engine for longer trips. Listen to us, automakers!!!

[@pa7422]

Well your close, Hydrogen is the future.

[@Sidicas]

​@@pa7422At 17 dollars a pound, hydrogen is easily 8x more expensive than gasoline right now.

[@rebeldoherty5432]

Until your house burns.

[@seanthomxx2694]

​@pa7422 if they can get hydrogen cell production cost down as well as infrastructure.

[@Drbettencourt116]

Keep your sanity and get rid of your electric car. It's that simple !

[@andyr8812]

There is nothing better than a good old car with a combustion engine!

[@DocMicrowave]

lol, Yes there is. A modern car with a combustion engine, or even an HEV or PHEV.

[@19951998kc]

I got a horse. Forget all ur vehicles. Giddy up

[@19951998kc]

I got a horse. Forget all ur vehicles. Giddy up

[@zfunk9]

What the heck are those? Stop with the nonsense acronyms.

[@zfunk9]

What the heck are those? Stop with the nonsense acronyms.

[@gregdunn965]

I live in California where its the most EV friendly place in the country and its still hard to find chargers that work properly

[@deborahabc4117]

That is because they want people to ride trains.

[@deplorablechump8758]

For non-Tesla charging network to be specific?

[@djjamar]

@@deplorablechump8758supeechargers in cali need repair also. I seen them down in bakersfield yesterday

[@wtlloyd6039]

What electric car do you dirve? Oh, thought so. Well, my road trips to California from Washington have never had any problem either on the road or once in town. And of course, at home I don't have to buy gas at all, just plug in to the usual 110V outlet, and get 330 miles for about $8.

[@Baebon6259]

@@wtlloyd6039 hmm that $8 gonna be $80 one way or another. When they get rid of the gas taxes, they have to make it up somehow.

[@RobinDale50]

Hm that's odd. I am not having any trouble whatsoever driving all over in 10 degree weather yesterday. Went to a couple of stores, the theater, a restaurant, over several hours and many dozens of miles. I can still go another 300 miles if I need to. 15 year old Camry, runs like a top. Starts every time, as much hot heat as I need.

[@Wegivesp]

🤣🤣, no problems here either. 2006 Honda V6, vrooom ..

[@Fear.of.the.Dark.]

I have model Y and I got no problems in cold weather either. I drove 60 miles yesterday in 15F temperature. Problem is many buy EVs with no home charging ......

[@shayalynn]

Older cars are just built differently.

[@zfunk9]

These are EVs, yours is not. Watch the video before trying to comment.

[@zfunk9]

These are EVs, yours is not. Watch the video before trying to comment.

[@BryanWhite77]

And this is one of the many reasons why plug in hybrids should have been the industry focus for the past 10 years instead of full electric cars. Until the bugs and issues are worked out completely with the grid and charging stations and long distance driving, a car that uses battery for 50 miles or so and then has the ability to run on a gasoline engine is much more of a flexible solution for almost all types of drivers.

[@bwaters698]

Better do some research !!! Hybrids Aren't Much better!! They (Hybrids) Are Having Alot of Problems themselves!!! Like hatching On Fire!! Blowing Up and Have You Checked the Price for Replacement batteries for A Hybrids 😅😅

[@BryanWhite77]

@@bwaters698 I'm not saying that plug in hybrids are better than gas cars or don't have problems. They just present fewer problems than all electric cars. I'm saying that if the hope was to one day go full electric, the car industry should have focused on a transition period using plug in hybrids first. If they would have done that instead of going all out right away with full electric, it's likely that more people would have adopted them because of all of the limitations of all electric cars.

[@bwaters698]

@BryanWhite77 The Whole TING !!! IS A SCAM !! It's About Control!!!!

[@LWRC]

If synthetic efuels are developed, as Porsche is currently doing, then we would just keep all the ICE vehicles and infrastructures in place without having drivers to worry about anything!

[@kman-mi7su]

If the govt pushes a product like these and hybrids, it's pretty much a guarantee it's garbage. Let the people decide not state/federal bureaucrats. My gas truck and motorcycles started just fine thank you.

[@lmlm_]

This is why I will never buy an EV. Gas cars work anywhere, anytime, and take two minutes to “charge.” 😂

[@Rico0333]

Gas cars also kill the environment Horray for that!

[@stoveguy2133]

I’d say refuel but that’s me.

[@rerunplaya532]

Good news. Those of us who still use Gas or hybrids can laugh. Bad news. The stupid government will soon force us all to have electric cars thus we know WHAT HEADACHES ARE TO COME...and there will be nothing anyone can do about it. Truth be told.

[@PelosiStockPortfolio]

When the mandates kick in you wont have a choice

[@bobobo4527]

pelosi...

[@swallman]

Perhaps EV owners never considered what would happen in freezing cold, black outs, natural storms.

[@danasmith858]

Or the results of the heavy corrosives on the batteries and contacts and wiring

[@CarNerd]

u got a pp jammed so far inside you that you're stuck in your imagination

[@missbevpowers]

one would seemingly have to be in a whole new level of stupidity to even buy an electric car and even more foolish not to know this would very likely happen than not.

[@grospipo20]

It is just like saying that gas owner never considered the next time OPEC is just going to cut production and increase gas prices.

[@Bad_Company666]

Have you seen the D bags that drive EVs? No common sense F tards.....

[@KrustyKlown]

EVs ONLY make sense if you can plug in at HOME, and have another vehicle that runs on Gas.

[@dwnrange7812]

If you want an EV, you need to have the ability to charge at home or work, otherwise, it's a nightmare, as this situation clearly points out

[@richardjohnson8009]

then it really pays off when it totals your house

[@KrustyKlown]

@rempseaheinamies9414 EVs makde sense IF your family need is to have at least 2 cars, where one (the EV) is only daily driven less than about 100 miles a day, and home charged. Then you can save a lot of money on energy, since home charging costs the equivalent of $1.00 gasoline.

[@KrustyKlown]

@@richardjohnson8009 Correct, one MUST park and charge their EV OUTDOORS, so your house doesn't burn down. ICE vehicles are much more likely to catch on fire.. but just sitting in your garage, an EV charging is much more likely to burn down your house, but still not a frequent occurrence.

[@blackspider9561]

I was a passenger in a Tesla one time. Those things are nice but I would not buy one

[@dustyvanbrocklin4731]

I don’t wish any harm on any of these people, but what do they think would happen. Put any battery outside and this is what happens. We are not even close to EVs being the future.

[@markplott4820]

TESLA are MORE reliable than any ICE vehicle in any Weather.

[@DEE-o4v]

A DARK future maybe......not a bright one.

[@tpp4007]

It would piss me off if I gotta wait 30+ minutes every time I need to refill my car!

[@janeentumbao8690]

It pisses me off waiting that long to charge my phone! 😂😂😂😂

[@Hextavo]

Most people that live where it gets this cold, parks in the garage and keeps it charged. Literally takes me 5 seconds to plug my car in and in the morning it's full. So I leave my house will a full battery every day..

[@tangomoon111]

More like 45 min + and IF THERE IS A LINE..........Sleeping bag?

[@Shakerhood69]

Apartments, townhouses, and houses with on street parking will not have the ability to charge at home and will have to be reliant on public chargers.

[@closrod335]

You wouldn’t if you charge your vehicle at home … I wake up to a full charge vehicle everyday.. only costing me $20 a month to operate… The only time you should be charging at a Tesla charger is when you’re traveling…

[@mongo64071]

This is insane. Your car should make your life easier not harder.

[@Mannwhich]

The progressives are.... oh so progressive aren't they? They just refuse to look in the right direction.

[@Audioremedy0785]

I forgot that ICE cars never run into issues at all in extreme weather.

[@mongo64071]

@@Audioremedy0785lol. I’ve never heard of gas car that needed to defrost their gas tank to accept gasoline from a pump. Or a gas pump that needed to communicate with a gas tank to fill it up. The public was told EVs are super easy. Just plug and go. Not so fast. First off, they tell you don’t charge too much. Then don’t let the charge fall to far. Then to “condition your battery” and warm it up before you plug it in. If you need to baby the EV so much, it seems like the machine has made the driver into a caretaker and not a driver. Are the machines serving us or are we serving the machines?

[@Audioremedy0785]

@@mongo64071 your arguments are bizzare…. Ice engines can (and do) get too cold to operate. Most people charge their cars at home so it’s much easier. And also, pre conditioning a battery, in normal circumstances is optional. And an automatic process.

[@mongo64071]

@@Audioremedy0785what’s bizarre is that dozens of perfectly functioning cars showed up to charge and they had to be towed away. I didn’t hear about dozens of broken down IcE cars in Chicago at gas stations last week that couldn’t get gas. We’re talking about a specific and basic issue of refueling and clearly ice cars are much easier to refuel on the road. Obviously all of these teslas were able to reach the charging station, and were told to go there by Tesla, but then they couldn’t get a charge. That’s bizarre.

[@travelnomad2128]

Glad I don't live in Chicago & I don't own a Tesla.

[@LWRC]

Just how stupid are we getting as a society when this actually happens in 2024???!!!!

[@petergerritgroen3157]

Yep, de mensen worden steeds dommer 😂

[@JoanBrown-j3e]

What does the year have to do with anything? People have always been stupid-especially those who listen to and trust the government. EV’s are as useless, impractical, unnecessary ad dangerous as democrats.

[@divergentthg7925]

Society has never been smart😂

[@annnystroms5066]

Keep voting democrat🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@JD-ej8zm]

😂🤣😂🤣 the first EV grave yard. First of many and marking the idiocy of electric vehicles!

[@Archangels1]

Plus they’ll charge them $10,000 to environmentally dispose of the batteries. 😂

[@divergentthg7925]

No different than all the gas cars that takes batteries throughout the years that end up being in a graveyard. Or even if the roles were reversed you would still be laughing at the gas car as you do now

[@JD-ej8zm]

@@divergentthg7925 lol nice try! Show me all the people sitting in a parking lot not able to go anywhere. And besides a quick jumpstart and a gas car is off. Why rely on unsustainable technology that does nothing for the environment and makes us completely reliant on china??

[@avtomatkalashnikova9388]

This is what EV owners proud of. Even my 49 Willys Flat fender run in all weather conditions 😅

[@sugarbertie1143]

I cannot believe the current push to champion EVs. These things are just expensive gimmicks as well as being mobile death traps if they spontaneously combust, which they do quite frequently.

[@Xilent1]

Those owners already knew what time it was. You're told this when you buy the car or any EV car. I use to work in an EV department for one of big companies. They know cold weather drains a battery and the chargers would/could not work in these conditions. Thats why they didn't answer. Rich people problems.

[@ZacksLab]

you realize a tesla model 3 is about the cost of a Honda Accord, right? and the lifetime cost of ownership is less than a toyota camry? majority of the Teslas you see aren't the $100k ones.

[@mikemazzantini6397]

Car uses more battery, but still works. -40 is tough on any car. Having chargers not work because it's cold is just unacceptable. As another commenter mentioned, they're not for the rich any more. In fact they're cheaper than most comparable cars.

[@adan7182]

You’re not rich if you can afford an ev. I guess you’re just not ass poor. But definitely not rich

[@adan7182]

@@mikemazzantini6397they’re not cheaper in any aspect

[@ZacksLab]

@@adan7182 i've had my model 3 for 5 years and have done no maintenance except change tires and fill washer fluid. compared to all my previous cars, i'd have had a dozen oil changes, transmission fluid changes, at least 1 break pad change, and probably at least 2 recalls. EVs (teslas) on average are cheaper when you consider the life-time cost of ownership.

[@crystalthesocialworker]

“Led here by their cars” is crazy.. nobody else caught that 🤔

[@zerg232]

tesla screen tell owners where the closet charger is, what is so odd?

[@BoratM.Sagdiev]

@@zerg232A useless car led them to useless recharging station. 😂 Seems odd to me.

[@Markcain268]

@@zerg232 doesn't tell them if they're working or not then?

[@neveralonewithchrist6016]

😂 yes ma'am......

[@aaronpalmer6364]

Humans being led by machines. The takeover has begun!

[@ToungeLaxier]

Musk should install pedal generators on the Teslas that way the owner can do something to stay warm and be proactive while waiting for the chargers to come online.

[@why8410]

Thats not practical. Considering it took an olympic cyclist to power a toaster for about one minute, what makes you think your average tesla driver could power a heater with there legs for a sufficient amount of time to heat up the cabin. Keep coping.

[@ToungeLaxier]

@@why8410 You'v got to think outside of your one dimensional sphere. The Tesla owner will be sweating so much from pedaling to recharge the car that heat will be the last think they want.

[@wilhelmsbane6160]

@@why8410 then it’s a perfect solution. Nothing these delusional eco-nuts are doing now is practical and doesn’t add up to a damn thing.

[@kurniawanms2]

Maybe just add an opening at the bottom so the drivers can use their feet to propel the vehicle forward. Just like the Flinstones

[@RickG-fj4si]

The Southpark dildo car worked better 😂😂

[@RandomC219]

We were having this conversation about 6 months ago. I said i would never buy an EV for this reason... What will you do when the temperature truly drops and drains your battery? Also when its pouring down raining, like thunder and lightning? These charging stations are just out in the open. Nothing overhead to shield the equipment from getting wet. Who's going to plug in equipment that was carelessly left on the ground by the last user? I wouldnt charge in the rain anyway.

[@OldJoeBlows]

Unique story? NO. It is not unique, at all 😂 FYI: drill baby drill

[@xesxblackarrow7912]

Where are those EV flexors now??

[@elainepatterson4210]

Exactly 😂.......your write off isn't what you thought Flexors

[@jeffb.6642]

Sitting at the broken chargers freezing to death.

[@blkechn3194]

Right here 🙌🏾 I charge at home and it’s working perfectly fine here in Chicago in below zero temperatures!! 90% of those Teslas are Ubers that you see on the news. EV’s only make sense when you can charge at home. I’m going on 5 years and I love it. You only see the bad and you make assumptions but you have that right. Just saying this isn’t the situation for MOST of us EV owners who made sure we had charging at home before buying. And we don’t supercharge at all unless we are on a state to state road trip. And I can’t wait for my $7500 write off this year 😂

[@willcookmakeup]

Wtf. Charging stations just suck. Even tesla is having problems. I had a solterra which was horrible charging experience and I ended up returning it and I'm not going to get an ev anytime soon. Not until they fix a lot of these problems and make charging easier/faster

[@WilliamYoung-j7v]

A while back I saw a company that goes out and charges stranded EV’s. They had a van and pulled a healthy sized generator behind it. I wish I had written down the company name because it sounds like a pretty good idea.

[@theairstig9164]

Austria not USA. The company is OAMTC

[@scottyb68]

Drive around town with a trailer with huge gas burning generators to charge the 'environment friendly' EVs 😂

[@Baebon6259]

let me guess. A generator that is powered by fossil fuel?

[@dbelex]

Yup, gas powered van and generator. Derrrrrrrr.

[@mh1970]

How are EVs environmentally friendly if you're burning gas to charge them?

[@trupatriot1776]

Chargers don't work in the cold. Hmmm, who didn't see that coming? An unforeseen benefit of EV's is less traffic on the roadways when it's cold. Good to know.

[@Way-Way]

Yes they do. It’s negative in Green Bay and the superchargers work just fine. Some isolated incident that had nothing to do with the cold.

[@GreggWalken-xd3qv]

Doesn't it take longer to charge due to having to warm the battery?

[@VegarHenriksen]

You usually don't plugin to a Supercharger with a cold battery so no Also, way colder here in Norway and zero issues

[@dylanmelotti4301]

Yes they do. When you have a charging station set in the navigation, the battery pre-conditions in colder temperatures to charge. Even in cold weather the car automatically conditions the battery to function in colder weather. When you have to charge in colder weather, you should always set the navigation to a charging station to let the car know you're going to start charging so it can start it's pre-conditioning.

[@wolfsfire68]

Damn, am I glad I'm not a tesla owner.

[@xxBLKSNXxx]

Me too. Don’t want anymore ignorant gas drivers switching over.

[@Geekygiggles]

Idiots

[@JAMESWUERTELE]

@@xxBLKSNXxxoh don’t worry about that. We actually have to get to work in the morning.

[@xxBLKSNXxx]

@@JAMESWUERTELE Trumpers working 😅

[@GreggWalken-xd3qv]

​@@xxBLKSNXxx Yep, someone has to pay taxes so moochers can have free health care and college paid

[@melondeau6646]

My buddy from Florida gave me the best advice.....he lived through a couple of hurricanes where the power doesn't come back for days or weeks sometimes.....he told me .....ALWAYS have gas, water and cash handy. No power = no atms or credit cards!!!

[@Eli-9]

You weren’t born with common sense. I’m so sorry.

[@danpal6737]

poor gringo bolillos

[@armuk]

thanks for that einstein captain obvious bestowing his wisdom over here

[@thuydoan7496]

This is just one of the main reasons why I'm never going to buy an EV car.

[@jerryross7135]

Keep mandating EV's for everyone, while there aren't any substructure for charging. 24/7, Extreme Weather.

[@Rico0333]

Why don't people just charge at home?

[@billmM3605]

@@Rico0333 Do you have any idea how many people in this country live in apartments? It's hard to charge at home when your car is parked on the street or your apartment complex doesn't have a place to charge your car.

[@prettyridesmedia]

Still don’t know how anyone can defend these vehicles

[@nathanialmogensen242]

The same way they defend liberal politics, abortion, slavery, segregation, BLM, antifa, defunding the police and gun control...

[@Olly2038]

That's the beauty of going electric.

[@chrispnw2547]

There is a recent story on why EVs don't sell well in NYC and it comes down to infrastructure (not enough). If you live in a 20+ story apartment in Manhattan there will not be the infrastructure to support charging 30+ EVs out of a 300+ unit complex. Most people do not realize what infrastructure is needed to support EV charging: 1) Massive power substation upgrades (people charge all hours of the day and nights), 2) Upgraded power distribution to apartment building $$$, 3) Upgrades to apartment complex (reflected in higher rent costs), billing infrastructure to consumers. New regulation regarding EVs in residential high-rise garages is being developed as EV fires are extremely hard to put out and due to the extreme heat can damage the structural integrity of these large buildings. EV owners may have to pay a premium or insurance addendum to cover the additional risk.

[@maverick1956hk]

THIS WAS PISS POOR PLANNING BY THE DEMOCRATS, AS USUAL!

[@Igoriann]

The whole agenda on pushing just EVs is ridicilous. I'm an EV owner and I'm shocked to see gov still pushing this nonsense. It won't be possible for many decades

[@Aries61]

The whole EV market is collapsing. Let it wither on the vine. Nobody wants this crap! Seen Teslas stock lately?? 😂😂😂

[@Igoriann]

@@Aries61 its not that no one wants them its the propaganda that's being spread about them. Also a lot of people may want one but can't afford it so they are automatically thrown in the group of "non-ev" drivers. There us a right place and right time for EVs and in those circumstances they're far superior. I live in Vancouver canada. Gridlock non stop.. weather Is decent, we have decent charging inferstructure and I got charger at home. Here gas is really expensive too.. EV saves me about 500 bucks a month just on gas ans I have 8 year warrenty.. I'll be switching vehicle by then

[@letstalk8033]

It's not propaganda! Did you just not see with your own eyes? Read the words in article? Try selling a used EV , nobody will give you a third if what you paid for it. Like Barnum said there is a sucker born every minute. I'm not trusting the safety of my family my kids my babies to a EV in this cold weather

[@10lauset]

I live in Edmonton Alberta Canada. We have some electric buses in our transportation fleet and about half of them weren't working because the US manufacturer is not responding with necessary repair parts. With the present COLD weather, the good ones are sitting in their parking areas having been replaced by reliable diesel buses. BTW, we have oil and gas here in this province.

[@safeandeffectivelol]

The same thing happened in Norway and Sweden. Bus routes were canceled because the EV bus fleet would not run in the extreme cold.

[@Studio89Graphic]

@@safeandeffectivelol The Associations of Professional Engineers of every Advance Countries and G7 should form a Committee of Electrification Vehicles ─ where we can compile all INFO collect all Cases from Cars Manufacturers like Mercedes Benz, BMW, GM, Ford, Stellantis and Toyoda, Honda and put forward a Universal Concept/Plan of how Electric Vehicles would be Applied for Uses... If ICE Cars Manufacturers in the Past had done ─ like now Tesla does, we would never have had any good Cars to last a Century! Regards,

[@lesliecarter4295]

Where are all the Tesla influencers to tell you this is impossible for Tesla owners to experience ! 😂😂😂

[@MH-Tesla]

The ignorance of this comment section is stark. Amazing how you never see a story about a single gas station out of service. Tesla's do just fine in far lower temps than Chicago. I've been far below these temps and never had a problem.

[@DavidHaydenFreeThinker]

That's hilarious. I bet these people were feeling so proud and smug with their Tesla purchases. They must be having regrets now.

[@stevetravels6160]

Why are't they charging at home??

[@Vagabond_Etranger]

Cuz most wall outlets are only 110V, which is 1% every hour. So if you're down 40%, that would take 40 hours. Unless you have an electrician install a 220V or 440V at your house. But if you live in an apartment, that's not possible. Hence you go to these chargers. My brother has a Tesla. Depending on how much he needs to charge, it typically takes him 15-30 min. But he lives in Los Angeles, CA though. So he doesn't experience the agony like these ppl in Chicago.

[@adam33555]

Most garages have sub panels in them. I installed a 220 off of mine for around $200

[@blue_moon6490]

Renters

[@NorelMaximus]

Even in an apartment, you can still run an extension cable to your washer/dryer or oven/range 220-240v hookup with a splitter and have no issues whatsoever. I did that with one of mine (second floor), and the apartment management was even cool enough to let me leave it there permanently as a home charging solution.

[@stevetravels6160]

@@adam33555 yes, you are self reliant 👍💪

[@01greekman]

This is absolutely brilliant best story of 2024. RIP ELECTRIC.

[@sinsemillaC13]

They wanted their cute electric cars, now they feel like idiots for spending so much on that junk. Get a gas car!!!

[@ICU1337]

Elon Musk? Customer service support? Yea that doesn't exist, the guy doesn't take care of his workers, don't expect him to take care of you. They better figure out cold/hot weather conditions affecting EVs though.

[@krunkle5136]

Fr. Taking care of both employees and customers is vital. Shareholders are sacred though to these people.

[@Snookattack]

Extreme conditions that ICE vehicles ironically have no issue dealing with.

[@magallon643]

Yes they do I can send you thousands upon thousands of videos where gasoline or diesel vehicles Fail!!

[@billtruttschel]

Right, because no ICE vehicle ever had trouble starting in the cold.

[@IowaNinersFan]

@@billtruttschel ICE vehicle batteries can be replace by their owners easily and not have to done by trained technicians in the repair shops costing thousands of dollars. These batteries can be bought off the shelves too. Can't say the same about EVs.

[@1BigBen]

well there is one issue deal with, most US drivers in lower 48 can't in drive in snow nor ice.

[@billtruttschel]

@@IowaNinersFan The battery pack in an EV rarely needs to be fully replaced, just like an engine in an ICE care rarely needs to be replaced. Both are expensive and require trained technicians, yes. But EVs don't require more maintenance. In fact, it's rather the opposite. EVs require much less maintenance than ICE cars.

[@craig6430]

Makes sense, spend a whole lot of money on an EV so you can be stranded at home or have to wait at bus stops during frigid temperatures. Keep trusting in those EVs peeps. How long before reality wakes you up?

[@cj41079]

Wait, Tesla owners dont have a charger at home? When I bought Chevy Bolt, Chevy installed one at my house for free, fast charger at that..... If you fully charged at home why would you need to charge outside? If you used fully charged battery in 1 day then you shouldnt be drvijng an EV period.

[@kcmatloff5707]

this really just shows peoples inability to think ahead, or outside the box

[@ri4906]

If you can't charge your tesla at home, don't get one

[@EVPHASE]

They just needed to Preheat the battery simply by selecting the Supercharger in the Tesla Navigation, would have fixed the situation. And charge to 80%. If too busy or chargers not working drive to another local Supercharger, again in the Navigation will show you how many stalls open before you go to that Supercharger, just go to another one that is open or go to a CCS charger, Electrify America, EVGO, Chargepoint or a local Level 2 Chargers all work with Tesla's with the CCS adapter.

[@autotech226]

Doctors say, ... if you want to live a long health life, stress free and without worry, ... then never, ... ever, .. ever buy an .. Electric Vehicle.

[@YouTh3r3]

People keep saying EV owners are trying to save the environment. I don't know one EV owners who bought it because they want to save the environment. First thing they said it's fun and fast to drive. They always have a gasoline truck or car as their primary vehicle. Its a luxury to own an ev car

[@G82Watts]

Exactly. It's a new poor mans quick car. Only people that could never afford a real high end luxury sports car are tesla buyers

[@DEE-o4v]

Yup...rich hypocrites......as I figured.

[@ezone913]

This story made me giggle.

[@bermudarailway2411]

Tesla drivers must have more money than sense but then how did they make that much money with no sense , what am I doing wrong ?

[@kdenso3196]

Gasoline is freedom

[@ColeTurner-sr8mc]

"Someone bring me a 5 gallon bucket of battery juice!" Yankees, bless your heart ❤!

[@User_n1d6g62f9j]

I love Toyota. Zero problems after 30 years of use🤣

[@heavenbright2342]

Its funny how Americans shame their own compatriots over different vehicle choices, celebrating their own misery.

[@dattape2828]

Cancer

[@Jackrob-dz6gh]

No surprise to many of us!

[@289cobra9]

Charge the with your gas powered generator. 😂

[@ghunt9146]

Trouble is it's so slow to get any range.

[@logwind]

I'm going to go start my internal combusion engine in 0 degree weather and fill the atmosphere with carbon for fun.

[@Incomudro1963]

I'm certainly not anti EV, they work well for many people. MOSTLY those who can charge from home, and preferably in a garage. What I AM against are the mandates. EV's won't work for everyone, particularly those who live in dense urban areas.

[@amildahl]

won't work for everyone yet*

[@antcantcook960]

there are no EV mandates so you are against something that doesnt exist.

[@Incomudro1963]

@@antcantcook960 There are mandates in individual states, and federal mandates on the way.

[@Incomudro1963]

@@amildahl I believe that there are areas that people live, where EV's won't work for those people ever. NYC for example, can't even keep the roads paved. We're to believe that they will one day bring charging capability to dense, apartment building strewn streets with mostly on the street parking? It'll never happen. Ever.

[@amildahl]

​@@Incomudro1963you can believe that, but if Oslo and Amsterdam can figure it out, NY can too. We can't afford to be last all the time.

[@Avenue77]

How can you keep explaining this to your Boss if you have one car

[@adam33555]

Because it's a freak incident and most EV owners are fully charged in their garage when the wake up

[@Avenue77]

@@adam33555 What if your power is out for 2 days and you have no generator whats your next option? I'm just asking

[@MrJruta]

You get fired and replaced by someone with common sense- and a gas powered vehicle.

[@andrerodriguez7603]

Yes, I saw tests done on charging stations in sub zero conditions a couple of years ago. This is all EV chargers not just Tesla chargers. But this could have been avoided with adding some kind of heating systems to keep these chargers working. Dumb!

[@captainjohnh9405]

Sooo, use electricity to keep the chargers warm. Put a heater in the batteries so they can be charged. It all sound very efficient.

[@jimjones-pz1tt]

Hello, Dummy! At these temperatures, Teslas won't accept charging.

[@rerdavies2]

Gasoline engines need block heaters in cold climates too. And EV charging stations in cold climates should have heaters as well.

[@bijoucat1]

They do require and have a Preheater, which takes even more electrical energy from the depleted main battery. @@captainjohnh9405

[@captainjohnh9405]

@@rerdavies2 Not unless you are talking about a place that frequently goes -25 or lower. Chicago was -10 to 0 according to WGN. The majority of ICE cars will start with minimal effort at those temps. Most likely reason they wouldn't start would be due to an old or weak battery. Even in that case, a jumpstart and about 15 minutes, and the car will move. I'll take 15 minutes and a jump any day over 8 hours waiting and then getting towed.

[@shadowhound5113]

It is almost like EVs are not good. Kind of like I have been saying for 10 years.

[@mikebaumann885]

And you paid how much for your tesla?

[@bretthagey7916]

When I was 8, I discovered car batteries don't like arctic weather. Guess they didn't learn that as kids. lol.

[@USACars-id3bf]

Electric car people have to learn THE HARD WAY. These EVs are dangerous and nothing but Trouble ,.. with a capital "T"

[@CloudPlaya-k5o]

imagine owning a type of vehicle that refuses to work when you need it most😰

[@jimmyjames3220]

Imagine your housing and transportation is all-electric and the power goes out in this weather! I grew up in an all-electric house and the Chicago winters were horrible! Natural gas heating and gasoline cars are essential for the northern states that prevents the electric grid from overloading and remain stable.

[@wtlloyd6039]

Ya, Bro, just read about the natural gas failures in Texas during the winter, and just 3 days ago in the Puget Sound Energy gas plant failure during the freeze.

[@jimmyjames3220]

@@wtlloyd6039 Sorry to hear bro! My point is, using only one source of energy for everything without a reliable infrastructure to supply that source is delusional.

[@stclairstclair]

@@wtlloyd6039 Only because you guys don't normally have temps that cold, in the north we don't lose gas flow because it got cold, we are used to it and deal with it just fine.

[@HRHolm-bi6zu]

Quite possibly the most realistic and sensible of the comments posted here so far (not including my own, heh heh.)

[@safeandeffectivelol]

@@wtlloyd6039 No bro, natural gas does not freeze anywhere on earth unless it's -295 degrees F. I was still using my gas stove and fireplace during the storm. The pumps at the electrical power generation plants froze and were unfrozen within hours. The problem was the wind turbines and solar panels didn't work for days. Over 25% of the wind turbines in Sweden are down now due to freezing.

[@robertburns9596]

So imagine driving through North Dakota and your EV freezes up...

[@Bazooka407]

Not what happened the charges where down