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Brian Pepple 
brian@pepple.us
Pretty glad I ended up not buying a Douche Coupe last year.
#Tesla #Car
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/business/tesla-charging-chicago-cold-weather.html
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K. Ryabitsev 🍁
monsieuricon
@brian As someone who has owned an EV in Canada for the past 9 years, I call bull on this story. An EV is no less likely to work in cold temperatures than an ICEV.
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Brian Pepple
brian@pepple.us
@monsieuricon The article pretty much says that, they put most of the blame on the charging infrastructure in a lot of places (Illinois in particular).
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K. Ryabitsev 🍁
monsieuricon
@brian Annoyingly, charging is one thing Tesla did really well compared to everyone else. Hopefully, we'll soon be out of the "3 different plugs and 12 different networks operating at 5 different KW loads" morass we're currently in.
I still don't like Teslas in snowy subzero temperatures -- some of the design decisions were clearly made by people who have never lived in a cold climate and don't have to worry that there may be solid ice on the door window or door handles may be frozen shut. Our next car will probably be some other EV.
I still don't like Teslas in snowy subzero temperatures -- some of the design decisions were clearly made by people who have never lived in a cold climate and don't have to worry that there may be solid ice on the door window or door handles may be frozen shut. Our next car will probably be some other EV.
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Brian Pepple
brian@pepple.us
@monsieuricon I bought my last car at the tail end of the pandemic when there was supply-chain issues, so I ended up getting a Prius since that was the only option.
Most likely my *next* car will be an EV.
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K. Ryabitsev 🍁
monsieuricon
@brian Here's ours, probably. It's coming to Canada this year. https://www.vw.com/en/models/id-buzz.html
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