Posted by a State Trooper after a motor-assist.
I’m not a fan of all electric vehicles.
Too many variables affecting battery consumption.
Definitely not suited for cold climates.
The following experience just cements my distaste for EV’s, especially Teslas.
I got sent to a “motorist-assist” the other day, at the start of our snow storm.
Alert: Tesla on the side of the interstate, dead battery.”
So I arrive on scene and the occupant has the doors open.
They tell me that they can’t open anything else because the battery is dead.
The driver also can’t get her license out of the glove box where she put it during their trip.
Because the glovebox opens electronically and the battery is dead.
You actually have to use the computer in the center of the dash to open the glovebox.
They said they had 10% battery left, should’ve been plenty to get from that location to the charging station nearby.
Then all of a sudden the whole car shut off and they coasted to the shoulder.
So now I have to find them a tow.
No one wants to tow EV’s.
Finally found one company to do it.
It is a 8 mile trip to the next charging station.
The tow costed $1,000!
Gas vehicle on the flatbed would’ve been $150.
So now we’re at the Tesla superchargers.
Guess what.
Can’t open the damn charging port because the battery is dead!
The ports open, you guessed it, electronically!
And we also can’t open the doors now (had to close the open doors when it was loaded onto the wrecker).
The owner’s manual is in the on board computer, but the battery is dead.
I got the occupant to a store where she’d be warm while calling the rental company to figure out how to charge this POS, so I’m not sure of the outcome.
I had to leave for a crash report.
I’ll stick with my dinosaur burner. (The end of the state Trooper’s post)
Are you ready to buy an Electric Vehicle? Personally I can wait.