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Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« on: January 16, 2024, 02:32:10 pm »
 January 15, 2024 9:48pm EST
Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots out here'
Chicago and much of the Midwest were plunged into a deep freeze

By Louis Casiano FOXBusiness


Desperate Tesla owners in and around Chicago were seen trying to charge their vehicles with no luck amid frigid temperatures that have gripped the Midwest.

Charging stations have essentially turned into car graveyards in recent days as temperatures have dropped to the negative double digits, Fox Chicago reported.

"Nothing. No juice. Still on zero percent," Tyler Beard, who had been trying to recharge his Tesla at an Oak Brook, Illinois Tesla supercharging station since Sunday afternoon, told the news outlet. "And this is like three hours being out here after being out here three hours yesterday."


Someone pushes a Tesla at a Chicago-area vehicle charging station where many of the electric vehicles have been forced to sit amid freezing temperatures. Many of the vehicles failed to charge at stations around Chicago amid the cold weather.  (WFLD / Fox News)

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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2024, 03:25:04 pm »
So predictable for anyone who has endured a Polar Vortex ... battery-killing cold.
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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2024, 03:35:50 pm »
Reality meets hype...
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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2024, 03:49:35 pm »
Batteries perform poorly in REALLY cold weather? Who knew? Evidently, not some Chicago residents, :silly: .
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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2024, 03:51:35 pm »
Quote from: PeteS in CA on January 16, 2024, 03:49:35 pm
Batteries perform poorly in REALLY cold weather? Who knew? Evidently, not some Chicago residents, :silly: .
Indeed. Funny how that works.  :laugh:
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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2024, 06:37:00 pm »
Am I smoking crack? You'd think that EV manufacturers would house the battery in an insulated cocoon of sorts.  :shrug:
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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2024, 07:12:21 pm »
In a sane reality, this would be an early wake up call to our society, who is hell bent being stupid bending a knee to the enviro-whackos. 

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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2024, 07:18:00 pm »
Quote from: mystery-ak on January 16, 2024, 02:32:10 pm
"Nothing. No juice. Still on zero percent," Tyler Beard, who had been trying to recharge his Tesla at an Oak Brook, Illinois Tesla supercharging station since Sunday afternoon, told the news outlet. "And this is like three hours being out here after being out here three hours yesterday."

In other words, Conservatives have been right this entire time.  Maybe you can get John Kerry or Algore to drive over in the gasoline-powered Cadillac Escalade or Land Rover that they own to give you a lift.
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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2024, 07:22:51 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on January 16, 2024, 06:37:00 pm
Am I smoking crack? You'd think that EV manufacturers would house the battery in an insulated cocoon of sorts.  :shrug:

What good is insulation without a heat source?
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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2024, 07:27:39 pm »
Quote from: Jack Russell on January 16, 2024, 06:41:47 pm
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1110149_tesla-model-s-battery-life-what-the-data-show-so-far
Seems like the bottom part of the chassis is entirely batteries.  I wonder if they get hot while in use.

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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2024, 07:31:18 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on January 16, 2024, 07:22:51 pm
What good is insulation without a heat source?

Dangit, @roamer_1 .  There you go again throwing logic on the dumpster fire.
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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #11 on: January 16, 2024, 07:31:20 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on January 16, 2024, 07:22:51 pm
What good is insulation without a heat source?

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None...when you phrase it that way!   :laugh:   :beer:

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« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2024, 07:34:46 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on January 16, 2024, 07:22:51 pm
What good is insulation without a heat source?

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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #13 on: January 16, 2024, 07:39:40 pm »
Give a man an EV and he'll be warm till the battery dies. Set the man's EV on fire and he'll be warm for 7 to 10 days.
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« Reply #14 on: January 16, 2024, 08:01:44 pm »
Put an electric blanket around it.
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« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2024, 08:17:34 pm »
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Put an electric blanket around it.

A battery-charged one.
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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2024, 08:40:14 pm »
Quote from: bigheadfred on January 16, 2024, 08:01:44 pm
Put an electric blanket around it.

Oil dipstictk/Engine warmer. 
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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #17 on: January 17, 2024, 01:54:41 am »
It has a lot of plastic.

A match ought to warm it up quickly...
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« Reply #18 on: January 17, 2024, 03:01:34 am »
Quote from: roamer_1 on January 16, 2024, 07:22:51 pm
What good is insulation without a heat source?
It keeps the cold in. All summer, people could put beer in there...

The local Dominos Pizza had bought a couple of EVs (Chevy Volts) to use as delivery vehicles. They've been DOA at their shop, one towed off to a warmer place...less than two years old.

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« Reply #19 on: January 17, 2024, 07:55:21 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on January 17, 2024, 03:01:34 am
Somehow, "I tolja so" just seems insufficient.

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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2024, 08:50:51 am »
Lol, my gas truck would not start today either.... Single digit temps killed my battery too.... I didn't need it, so I just left it on charge overnight.
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« Reply #21 on: January 17, 2024, 09:39:43 am »
Quote from: Sighlass on January 17, 2024, 08:50:51 am
Lol, my gas truck would not start today either.... Single digit temps killed my battery too.... I didn't need it, so I just left it on charge overnight.

If you can't plug it in, drag the battery out and bring it inside with you. Let it get warm and it will start it fine.
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« Reply #22 on: January 17, 2024, 04:44:53 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on January 16, 2024, 07:22:51 pm
What good is insulation without a heat source?
Well when the battery decides to go towering inferno that insulation would be great for putting even more toxic chemicals into the air :tongue2:
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Re: Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots
« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2024, 05:19:20 pm »
Growing up, we didn't have a car garage, so when the Montreal Express (local 1970s/1980s name for Polar Vortex) blew in, my parents would run the cars for 15-20 minutes every couple of hours to keep them running through the polar cold spells.
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« Reply #24 on: January 17, 2024, 08:13:50 pm »
Quote from: DefiantMassRINO on January 17, 2024, 05:19:20 pm
Growing up, we didn't have a car garage, so when the Montreal Express (local 1970s/1980s name for Polar Vortex) blew in, my parents would run the cars for 15-20 minutes every couple of hours to keep them running through the polar cold spells.
Isn't that what the greenies call excessive idling and now illegal in many places?
 
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