As usual....spot on. Thank you.
Rockdoc said:TAMU1990 said:
I'm watching a news story right now on batteries catching fire and it takes 6 months to 1 year for warranty work. The volt has a recall because of the battery fire risk, but since Chevy can't get the batteries due to supply chain issues, Chevy sent out a software fix to limit the charge to 80%. They will keep lowering the charge percentage to prevent spontaneous battery fires.
Saw a report from a couple of days ago about people facing staggering battery replacement charges. Around $25K I think. Very unhappy owners.
annie88 said:This is where I stand. I don't want one and I never want one and I think it's ridiculous that these states are trying to act like this is going to become the norm when it's not at all sustainable at this point. They are actually trying to ban gas cars. This is insane, there's nothing wrong with fossil fuels and there's nothing wrong with gas and oil and coal. Man-made climate change does not exist. All this virtue signaling does nothing.Gunny456 said:
Same here.
I don't have anything against the damn things but politicians and marketing gurus need to quit forcing them like if you don't own one you should be put on trial for earth rape.
And quit subsidizing them with tax payer dollars and making it unaffordable for folks who can't use one to have to pay through the nose for fossil fuel energy.
Teslag said:Rockdoc said:TAMU1990 said:
I'm watching a news story right now on batteries catching fire and it takes 6 months to 1 year for warranty work. The volt has a recall because of the battery fire risk, but since Chevy can't get the batteries due to supply chain issues, Chevy sent out a software fix to limit the charge to 80%. They will keep lowering the charge percentage to prevent spontaneous battery fires.
Saw a report from a couple of days ago about people facing staggering battery replacement charges. Around $25K I think. Very unhappy owners.
Luckily the design life is 300k to 500k miles and we are seeing real world vehicles now hitting that mark.
Rockdoc said:Teslag said:Rockdoc said:TAMU1990 said:
I'm watching a news story right now on batteries catching fire and it takes 6 months to 1 year for warranty work. The volt has a recall because of the battery fire risk, but since Chevy can't get the batteries due to supply chain issues, Chevy sent out a software fix to limit the charge to 80%. They will keep lowering the charge percentage to prevent spontaneous battery fires.
Saw a report from a couple of days ago about people facing staggering battery replacement charges. Around $25K I think. Very unhappy owners.
Luckily the design life is 300k to 500k miles and we are seeing real world vehicles now hitting that mark.
Still don't think that's a bargain. But keep on preaching.
Teslag said:Rockdoc said:Teslag said:Rockdoc said:TAMU1990 said:
I'm watching a news story right now on batteries catching fire and it takes 6 months to 1 year for warranty work. The volt has a recall because of the battery fire risk, but since Chevy can't get the batteries due to supply chain issues, Chevy sent out a software fix to limit the charge to 80%. They will keep lowering the charge percentage to prevent spontaneous battery fires.
Saw a report from a couple of days ago about people facing staggering battery replacement charges. Around $25K I think. Very unhappy owners.
Luckily the design life is 300k to 500k miles and we are seeing real world vehicles now hitting that mark.
Still don't think that's a bargain. But keep on preaching.
Then an EV isn't for you.
Rockdoc said:Teslag said:Rockdoc said:Teslag said:Rockdoc said:TAMU1990 said:
I'm watching a news story right now on batteries catching fire and it takes 6 months to 1 year for warranty work. The volt has a recall because of the battery fire risk, but since Chevy can't get the batteries due to supply chain issues, Chevy sent out a software fix to limit the charge to 80%. They will keep lowering the charge percentage to prevent spontaneous battery fires.
Saw a report from a couple of days ago about people facing staggering battery replacement charges. Around $25K I think. Very unhappy owners.
Luckily the design life is 300k to 500k miles and we are seeing real world vehicles now hitting that mark.
Still don't think that's a bargain. But keep on preaching.
Then an EV isn't for you.
I'm free to talk them down as you are to talk them up. See how that works? Same as the vaccine.
Teslag said:Rockdoc said:Teslag said:Rockdoc said:Teslag said:Rockdoc said:TAMU1990 said:
I'm watching a news story right now on batteries catching fire and it takes 6 months to 1 year for warranty work. The volt has a recall because of the battery fire risk, but since Chevy can't get the batteries due to supply chain issues, Chevy sent out a software fix to limit the charge to 80%. They will keep lowering the charge percentage to prevent spontaneous battery fires.
Saw a report from a couple of days ago about people facing staggering battery replacement charges. Around $25K I think. Very unhappy owners.
Luckily the design life is 300k to 500k miles and we are seeing real world vehicles now hitting that mark.
Still don't think that's a bargain. But keep on preaching.
Then an EV isn't for you.
I'm free to talk them down as you are to talk them up. See how that works? Same as the vaccine.
I have repeatedly said they aren't right for most people. Yet you still have this weird obsession.
Well the solution is obvious:TAMU1990 said:
Anyone who has lived on the coast knows how HORRIBLE it is to drive out of Houston area when a hurricane approaches. Can you imagine EVs in this 10-50 mile traffic backup trying to get out of town and breaking down? Running out of a battery charge because it takes 10 hours to go 10 miles? Just the visual of this is a nightmare.
My mother was without power in central florida for a couple of weeks due to hurricane damage. You don't even try .Manhattan said:We have examples of gas cars out of gas, and gas stations out of gas (all over the state), we don't have any examples of power outages out of the path of the storm...Funky Winkerbean said:You are scary ignorant.Manhattan said:Evacuating in the path of the storm, excellent idea!Funky Winkerbean said:
The problem will be the return trip after the power goes out for three weeks.
Not if the damn power lines are down. You don't think before you post at all do you.Manhattan said:
Or everyone not evacuating can plug in and be a net exporter to the grid....
If you want to move the goalposts, let's try Earthquake Evac.Teslag said:HollywoodBQ said:I think Ag08 just exposed you as never having evacuated for a hurricane.Teslag said:Ag_of_08 said:
It took my grandmother and mother driving from beaumont, to near Dallas, then back to college station and over 30hrs on the road during Rita.
40hrs at idle is great.... now do 30hrs with a several hundred mile drive.
I dont think you've ever been in a hurricane evac, much less a two week stint living on an accidental island with no power...
So we have now moved the goal post from the OP's 10 to 50 miles to several hundred miles.
10 miles ain't an evacuation.
10 miles is an example. 100-200 miles is the real requirement.
And 100 to 200 miles at slow speeds is nothing in a Tesla
Which is important to note because most Teslas on the road are not this model.Manhattan said:
2022 Model 3 Long Range.
So Florida is what about 400 miles South to North?Teslag said:
I grew up and spent my summers in the Florida Keys. I was staying with my Grandmother in Homestead during Andrew. Don't make assumptions about people.
HollywoodBQ said:Which is important to note because most Teslas on the road are not this model.Manhattan said:
2022 Model 3 Long Range.
If you're in a 2012 Model S with a 40 KWh battery, good luck.
https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/2012_model_s_specifications_and_features.pdf
If we extend the argument beyond Tesla we find many EVs are like the BMW i3 or the Fiat e500 with a range of 80-90 miles on a good day.
richardag said:Not if the damn power lines are down. You don't think before you post at all do you.Manhattan said:
Or everyone not evacuating can plug in and be a net exporter to the grid....
Manhattan said:richardag said:Not if the damn power lines are down. You don't think before you post at all do you.Manhattan said:
Or everyone not evacuating can plug in and be a net exporter to the grid....
Get a transfer switch, power your house…. And I said out of the path of the storm, if you evacuate out of the path of the storm, the power lines aren't down. If you ride it out then you have 300mi to drive until they turn the power back on…. Or you can charge somewhere where the power has already been restored.
Gunny456 said:
They can drive over water don't you know? If they had wings they could fly. They are perfect....their batteries are perfect.... their warranties are perfect.
They are going to save the world!
Gunny456 said:
They can drive over water don't you know? If they had wings they could fly. They are perfect....their batteries are perfect.... their warranties are perfect.
They are going to save the world!
Lot Y IIHowdyTexasAggies said:Manhattan said:richardag said:Not if the damn power lines are down. You don't think before you post at all do you.Manhattan said:
Or everyone not evacuating can plug in and be a net exporter to the grid....
Get a transfer switch, power your house…. And I said out of the path of the storm, if you evacuate out of the path of the storm, the power lines aren't down. If you ride it out then you have 300mi to drive until they turn the power back on…. Or you can charge somewhere where the power has already been restored.
I dont know if I recall a poster continually so wrong on so many topics. Just continually spewing absolute nonsense from topic to topic. You have the art off bull **** mastered.
Gunny456 said:
Maybe the person makes his living by selling them. Maybe he/she work on commission or something. However lots of folks on Tex Ags sell different services or products for a living..... but I can never recall few, if any, that name their services or products on Tex Ags unless they have sponsor status. I have always felt, wrong or not, that that would be kinda not right.... to push your products on a Tex Ag forum.
And I don't see a person putting forth so much time and effort pushing something just because they own one or like it.
Hell, I like Kawasaki atv's.... but I don't spend half my time posting on Tex Ags about them.
Just my opinion..... and like b holes ....everybody has one.
Fenrir said:
Sounding like a paid shill while arguing a company doesn't need advertising is a truly impressive feat.
Rockdoc said:Fenrir said:
Sounding like a paid shill while arguing a company doesn't need advertising is a truly impressive feat.
Never forget: Safe and effective.