Inundated with complaints, Tesla created "Diversion Team" to cancel appointments.

Tesla has consistently exaggerated the driving range of its electric vehicles, reportedly leading car owners to think something was broken when actual driving range was much lower than advertised. When these owners scheduled service appointments to fix the problem, Tesla canceled the appointments because there was no way to improve the actual distance Tesla cars could drive between charges, according to an investigation by Reuters.

    • lurkinggizmo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      221·
      1 year ago

      Just came back from a EU holiday with an EV. 3.000km without any issue whatsoever. The gas car that joined us was 1 hour faster in the end (on a 12 hour drive).

      In the EU at least, a 300km range EV is stressfree and totally doable.

        • lurkinggizmo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          91·
          1 year ago

          Not sure what your location is, but have not had 1 single time where I had to wait at a charger. 9 out of 10 times we are alone at a charging spot of on average 8 available spots.

          Again, EV in EU is a non-issue. I often had to wait longer at gas stops in the past.

            • QuinceDaPence@kbin.social
              2·
              1 year ago

              I’d be much more likely to buy a hybrid or phev than pure electric. My ideal thing would be something like the Edison Truck (though just a regular pickup, not a semi) where it’s diesel electric.

              A full size pickup truck with like a 40-60hp diesel generator/range extender on board would be awesome. Or a midsize with like a 30hp.

    • fearout@kbin.social
      82·
      1 year ago

      How often do you take road trips? The vast majority of trips taken by car are within 20–30 km. An average EV range can easily cover most people’s daily driving needs.

        • sky@codesink.ioEnglish
          151·
          1 year ago

          Have you actually road tripped an EV? You don’t waste “many hours” you spend like 15 minutes every 200 miles charging while you piss and walk your dog.

          I more than once have done 600+ miles in a day in the lowest-range Tesla available. It’s just fine.

            • sky@codesink.ioEnglish
              13·
              1 year ago

              Here’s the duration of my last 5 fast charging stops, pulled from an app that logs everything my car does:

              8 minutes 12 minutes 13 minutes 5 minutes 14 minutes

              “realistically” i’m having sub-15 minute charge sessions almost every time. Not to mention this goes back a couple months, since I charge at home every night.

              If you drive 600km without stopping to piss, maybe a gas car is for you, but I’m not that miserable.

                • lurkinggizmo@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  12·
                  1 year ago

                  Not sure if you are making stuff up for the sake of it. But how you describe EV is nothing like the real world. Believe it how you want, but I will keep repeating (as an actual experience) that EV is a non-issue in this day and age.

                  On longer trips (1.000km and more) it will take approx 10% more time. Which is a no brainer.

                • sky@codesink.ioEnglish
                  10·
                  1 year ago

                  It’s also five different trips? Where I stopped for less than 15 minutes each trip?

                  I don’t know how to get you to understand that basically no one is spending hours at charging stations. I live in the midwestern US (a notably poor part of the country for EV infrastructure) and my only vehicle is an EV.

                • lurkinggizmo@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  71·
                  1 year ago

                  Ok, but there are always exceptions. You can’t use those as an argument. There are also some regions where it takes hours to stand in line for gas. Doesn’t mean that is the average and that I should go around teling people it is.

                  EV charging in EU (!) is on average (!!) almost identical to gas cars currently especially the newer models with 300KWh charging capabilities. I think it will take you less time to charge those than gas even.