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Tesla charging stations become ‘car graveyards’ as batteries die in subzero temperatures, abandoned cars left in the lot after cars wouldn’t charge (www.kansascity.com)
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Tesla charging stations become ‘car graveyards’ as batteries die in subzero temperatures, abandoned cars left in the lot after cars wouldn’t charge::undefined

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[–] 37 points 2 years ago (10 children)

from what I understand from the article the problem is that people are queuing and because of long waiting times batteries die.

I honestly don't understand why people are buying EVs if they don't have the option of home charging.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Ooh, ok. That makes quite a lot of sense. Especially if one uses the miles/km number to show battery state, people are gonna get screwed by the cold. I changed that thing to percentages pretty soon after I got the car.

    I honestly don’t understand why people are buying EVs if they don’t have the option of home charging.

    Yeah, that doesn't make much sense.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Elektrek did some articles about this. The superchargers are overwhelmed because the grid cannot provide enough power. In the well known tropical paradise of Norway, no such problems occur.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Yeah I live in an area with winter weather. I still want an ev (and a subcompact one at that) but I live in an apartment without home charging so not yet. The wife and I have been discussing a plug in hybrid though basically as a “we need an internal combustion engine now and want an EV later, but don’t want it to be a car commitment away”

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Are long waiting times really a thing? Here in Germany even the charging areas next to the autobahn have a maximum of 1-2 waiting cars if at all

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    The story I heard was that charging is taking far longer than usual because of cold batteries, and people are having to change much more frequently for the same reason, and between the two the demand for chargers has shot up

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why are people buying gas cars if they don't have at home fueling?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    gas cars generaly, from what I've been told, don't use said gas while beeing shut off to keep the car in operational condition. But maybe yours is different.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    While the post above yours is a bit of a hot take, the better answer is because it only takes 5 or 10 minutes to refuel your car. Which is why it would be a lot more difficult to use an EV if you couldn't charge it at home.

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