That’s a fan boy answer. Yes it is the cars fault. The car said 50 miles of range. Which then dropped to 8 because electric motors aren’t efficient at high speeds.
> On Nov 30, 2019, at 9:47 AM, Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> wrote: > > For that police chase article, the department actually updated and said the > car wasn't fully charged the night before from the officer who used it last. > He forgot to plug it in so the car never started the shift with a full > charge. Not the Teslas fault. > > https://electrek.co/2019/09/25/tesla-police-cruiser-runs-out-battery-chase-user-error/ > >> On Sat, Nov 30, 2019, 8:43 AM Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> wrote: >> Matt, >> >> You said gas is the same no matter what. That's totally false. Mpg gets >> worse in every gad vehicle with cold temps and higher loads as well. >> >> In the cold, I've always lost 4 to 8 mpg in my truck or Honda accord in the >> winter. With the snowmobile trailer pulling behind our chevy, we get about >> 10mpg compared to our 19mpg without it. >> >> I'm not sure why you would say gas vehicles are immune to the same things >> that affect battery range. >> >> Anyway, plugging in every night pretty much handles 99% of most peoples >> daily miles. I can day our work vans definitely don't drive more than the >> 300 to 500 mile range the truck will have. My model 3 is 310 miles with >> normal weather and in the winter, about 250 miles which always takes care of >> my daily drive. Roadtrips have superchargers all over except in north >> Dakota. It's on their to do list. >> >>> On Sat, Nov 30, 2019, 8:22 AM Matt Hoppes >>> <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: >>> Thanks for bringing that up, Chuck. >>> >>> This is exactly what scares me about electric vehicles and an electric >>> truck: >>> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/tesla-police-car-chase.html >>> >>> “We think it started the pursuit with about 50 miles left on the charge, >>> but when cars accelerate at speeds such as the situation, going over 110 >>> miles per hour, the car charge starts to drain down faster,” Ms. Bosques >>> said. >>> >>> The officer had "50 miles" left on the charge, but as soon as he started >>> the chase the range dropped to 8 miles and he had to call off the chase. >>> >>> Imagine having your truck say you have 100 miles to go, and you start up >>> a steep mountain incline to get to a tower site and suddenly get >>> stranded because it dropped to 10 miles of range from the load of >>> pulling up the hill. >>> >>> Gas - I always know what I have and in general it's the same no matter what. >>> Electric - Huge variations depending on temperature and usage. >>> >>> On 11/30/19 8:56 AM, Chuck McCown wrote: >>> > Depends on distance. My car is always charged. So I always have 200 >>> > miles on the tank. At the end of a full day of driving yes it needs to >>> > be charged. Local police departments are making Teslas work. Just takes >>> > a different mindset. No maintenance and a truck good for a half million >>> > miles with no fuel costs is pretty attractive to me (I charge with solar). >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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