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Tesla problems - UPDATED - Recall ? Gov. Investigation opened

Started by odcics2, November 08, 2013, 04:33:45 PM

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twodko

I'm sure Tesla is hoping this will be a "short" lived problem.  :smilielol:  Oh gawd damn I'm funny!
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odcics2

 :smilielol: :smilielol: :smilielol:

Premium, optional, reclining bucket seats are available...
I've never owned anything but a MoPar. Can you say that?

Silver R/T

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1968 silver/black/red striped R/T
My Charger is hybrid, it runs on gas and on tears of ricers
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1993 Mazda MX-3 GS SE
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myk

Aha!  My next door neighbor, who is a 'tech for Tesla left on an "emergency" trip to the east coast; I'm guessing that's what it's all about because he said he couldn't elaborate on the trip.  When he gets back I'll have to pry him for 'info...

bull

Between this and the $40,000 battery packs going dead things are looking bad for Tesla. But then how many are out there being driven now compared to five years ago? Either way it doesn't really matter how many burn to the ground because the government can prop them up with tons of money it doesn't have. It's a "green" product so logic plays no part in the business plan.

Ghoste

Yep. around here they are using tax dollars to install chraging stations where they can get tax subsidized electricity and promoting the program with a Tesla.  Oh well, the greens are happy slightly less unhappy than normal.

myk

Even though their products are beyond my reach I like their vehicles; I hope they get past this...

Silver R/T

Owner must be nuts "After fire, Tesla driver says he'd buy another"
http://www.kxly.com/news/money/After-fire-Tesla-driver-says-he-d-buy-another/-/116108/22903052/-/aqrb8q/-/index.html
I think I know who these kind of people voted for...
http://www.cardomain.com/id/mitmaks

1968 silver/black/red striped R/T
My Charger is hybrid, it runs on gas and on tears of ricers
2001 Ram 2500 CTD
1993 Mazda MX-3 GS SE
1995 Ford Cobra SVT#2722

Silver R/T

http://www.cardomain.com/id/mitmaks

1968 silver/black/red striped R/T
My Charger is hybrid, it runs on gas and on tears of ricers
2001 Ram 2500 CTD
1993 Mazda MX-3 GS SE
1995 Ford Cobra SVT#2722

odcics2

I've never owned anything but a MoPar. Can you say that?

myk

Meh.  Car companies have been building cars that can catch on fire for decades. 

Right Ford?

Brock Lee

Never heard Tennessee being referred to as "east coast" before...

cudaken


Last night Top Gear had a show about electric cars and they road tested a Tesla. I was pretty impressed with the car. I think they said the range was around 225 miles. Thing hauls butt as well!

I don't for see them running over them with tanks in the near future on Road Kill.

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myk

It's a very impressive car/technology; what they've accomplished is certainly incredible and worthy of respect, even if you aren't into their 'tech which I am not.  A weakness has been revealed in their otherwise stellar machine-I say "big deal;" Tesla will redesign and adapt and then their car will be that much better afterwards.  

I challenge any automaker to show they haven't had teething problems such as this as they were coming up through the years.  I would also challenge other automakers to revolutionize automobile technology like Tesla has.  Being able to tell your car to "play Miley Cyrus-Wrecking Ball" in your Ford Sync entertainment system isn't good enough and doesn't quite measure up to what Tesla has accomplished, which is to show the world that we don't need oil to burn rubber...

6spd68

Have talked to a couple Model-S owners, and all have praised the vehicle.  One guy said he'd owned Bently's in the past that didn't compare  :shruggy:

Personally I'm pro Tesla.  Whatever helps bring down fossil fuel consumption is a good thing IMO.  Gives the possibility of lower fuel costs, and more available for our cars  :2thumbs:  And yes I know how many other things crude is used for...
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myk

Quote from: 6spd68 on November 11, 2013, 12:02:28 PM
Have talked to a couple Model-S owners, and all have praised the vehicle.  One guy said he'd owned Bently's in the past that didn't compare  :shruggy:

Personally I'm pro Tesla.  Whatever helps bring down fossil fuel consumption is a good thing IMO.  Gives the possibility of lower fuel costs, and more available for our cars  :2thumbs:  And yes I know how many other things crude is used for...

I think the advent and implementation of 'elec-tech in mainstream America is a wonderful idea and needs to be available as a choice RIGHT NOW.  If someone wants to run an electric car, then fine; if someone like me wants to continue to run a gas car, that should be possible as well.  Ultimately the country'd be better off, but I know we're obsessed with gasoline so that won't happen, at least not in our life times.

My next door neighbor, a 'tech for Tesla, drives a different Tesla home every week.  He's more radical in his thinking, in that he feels e-cars should become the standard on the roads, but is well aware that Tesla still has shortcomings.  He's shown me on the model S that there are panel/fitment problems, and other small "issues" that certainly don't allow the car to compete with a 'Merc, Bimmer and certainly not a Bentley, but again their still developing their cars; what's available is remarkable...

6spd68

Quote from: myk on November 11, 2013, 12:11:18 PM
Quote from: 6spd68 on November 11, 2013, 12:02:28 PM
Have talked to a couple Model-S owners, and all have praised the vehicle.  One guy said he'd owned Bently's in the past that didn't compare  :shruggy:

Personally I'm pro Tesla.  Whatever helps bring down fossil fuel consumption is a good thing IMO.  Gives the possibility of lower fuel costs, and more available for our cars  :2thumbs:  And yes I know how many other things crude is used for...

I think the advent and implementation of 'elec-tech in mainstream America is a wonderful idea and needs to be available as a choice RIGHT NOW.  If someone wants to run an electric car, then fine; if someone like me wants to continue to run a gas car, that should be possible as well.  Ultimately the country'd be better off, but I know we're obsessed with gasoline so that won't happen, at least not in our life times.

My next door neighbor, a 'tech for Tesla, drives a different Tesla home every week.  He's more radical in his thinking, in that he feels e-cars should become the standard on the roads, but is well aware that Tesla still has shortcomings.  He's shown me on the model S that there are panel/fitment problems, and other small "issues" that certainly don't allow the car to compete with a 'Merc, Bimmer and certainly not a Bentley, but again their still developing their cars; what's available is remarkable...


Indeed, I thought the guys claims were a little far out, but they're still great machines none the less.

On the other hand, I couldn't agree with you more sir.
Every great legend has it's humble beginning.
Project 668:
1968 Dodge Charger (318 Car)
Projected Driveline:
383 with mild stroke
Carb intake w/Holley 750 VS

6-Speed Dodge Viper Transmission

Fully rebuilt Dana-60 w/Motive gears. 3.55 Posi, Yukon axles.

Finished in triple black. 

ETA: "Some velvet morning, when I'm straight..."

Ghoste

I'm probably missing some things but I don't really see where the Tesla is some fantastic new technoligical innovation.  The only change I see in it from the electric cars of a hundred years ago is different styling, some creature comforts and a better storage battery.  :shruggy:

myk

Quote from: Ghoste on November 11, 2013, 01:27:41 PM
I'm probably missing some things but I don't really see where the Tesla is some fantastic new technoligical innovation.  The only change I see in it from the electric cars of a hundred years ago is different styling, some creature comforts and a better storage battery.  :shruggy:

That's just it-the car, the company is completely capable of reminding the world that the dependence on fossil fuel for transportation is an anachronism and that change is possible; possibly essential for our future.  E-cars and hybrids are always seen as devices that only the quirky or the hyper-environmentalist would care to own, but with the Tesla that isn't so; how could anyone who loves speed and power on wheels not at least respect the Tesla? 

But, as I said before the world is obsessed with oil, especially when it comes to fueling our machines; the global embrace of Tesla-like 'tech won't ever happen, at least not in our lifetime and probably our children and their children as well...

odcics2

So, where do we bury all the spent radioactive rods to make the electricity to keep all those electric cars charged up?   :shruggy:

Just askin'...   Energy isn't "free"!    I remember 40 years ago when they said we had 20 years left of fossil fuel. now it's up to 500 years, due to new finds and better ways to extract it.   

A fuel oil spill cleans up easier than a reactor melt down.  Did you know that the reactors at Fukishima are STILL not capped off and they STILL don't know how to fix it?   And they wonder why Oarfish in the Pacific are turning up dead...   :eek2:


Interesting discussion!   :cheers:
I've never owned anything but a MoPar. Can you say that?

odcics2

So, who's working on transporters??   That company will bring transportation to a new level!    :2thumbs:
I've never owned anything but a MoPar. Can you say that?

Ghoste

Lithium mines aren't exactly environmental hallmarks of society either.  Not to mention disposing of the spent batteries.

cudaken


Every advances so far has had it draw backs. But electricity is a renewable power.

Quote from: odcics2 on November 11, 2013, 04:52:48 PM
So, where do we bury all the spent radioactive rods to make the electricity to keep all those electric cars charged up?   :shruggy:

Just askin'...   Energy isn't "free"!    I remember 40 years ago when they said we had 20 years left of fossil fuel. now it's up to 500 years, due to new finds and better ways to extract it.   

A fuel oil spill cleans up easier than a reactor melt down.  Did you know that the reactors at Fukishima are STILL not capped off and they STILL don't know how to fix it?   And they wonder why Oarfish in the Pacific are turning up dead...   :eek2:
Interesting discussion!   :cheers:

With some luck, they will get better with wind and solar power to make electricity. I have a friend that has solar panels on his house and has cut his power usage by 75% and powers his E Car with the panels only. So they are making headway in the solar power field.

I am no tree huger, but I am all so not blind to the fact that technology changes and sometimes for the better. Look at today's cars. In 1968 if we where told that cars would be made that make more HP than our beloved cars with smaller engines and get 32 MPG we would have :scratchchin:, then  :smilielol: our asses off!

Far as performances, just imagine your 400 HP Mopar would make that said 400 HP from idle to top speed?  :drool5: There is no power curve to wait for! Just touch the throttle and you are gone! Whats not to love?  :shruggy:

Cuda Ken   
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