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Old December 12th, 2018, 12:55 AM
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Default Re: Car Transporters

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Originally Posted by FetchMeAPepsi View Post
Can't argue with that, Ed. The batteries alone are ridiculously huge and expensive and the tech isn't made to last more than 5-8 years. Can you imagine what our trucks would be worth if they just quit working after 5-8 years because "no powah"?

Give me old tech any day.
If you Google "Tesla brick" you'll find lots of articles like this one: http://evworld.com/news.cfm?newsid=27447. I know it was a common problem with the original Tesla roadsters. I assume they've fixed the problem by now. I can't imagine having to pay $40,000 to replace your battery pack just because you let it drain down all the way thanks to the 24/7 parasitic losses.
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