What's the problem with electric cars?

[The Thong]

Interesting article in the Metro.

https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/14/tesla...etroukfacebook

It’s this little hiccup’s that need to be sorted out.

TT

[andy_d]

Originally Posted by The Thong

Interesting article in the Metro.

https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/14/tesla...etroukfacebook

It’s this little hiccup’s that need to be sorted out.

TT

Little,,
like everest is a "little hill" little ,

wait for it to totally intergrade,, you will make a post on social media and be denied charging for your car as "against community standards" ,,,,

[The Thong]

Originally Posted by andy_d

Little,,
like everest is a "little hill" little ,

wait for it to totally intergrade,, you will make a post on social media and be denied charging for your car as "against community standards" ,,,,

This us the trouble once your charging is governed by App’s etc. If there’s a glitch, it can cause chaos.

TT

[Mint Cake]

Originally Posted by The Thong

Interesting article in the Metro.

https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/14/tesla...etroukfacebook

It’s this little hiccup’s that need to be sorted out.

TT

In the meantime (you can all join in with the chorus)

The wheels on my diesel go
Round and round
Round and round
Round and round
The wheel on my diesel go
Round and round
All day long
(or 500 miles or so, when I need to stop for about 5 mins or so. Then the song can start again)

[Fastpatsilents]

Originally Posted by The Thong

This us the trouble once your charging is governed by App’s etc. If there’s a glitch, it can cause chaos.

TT

Except its not. The app is an accessory not a necessity. You can just plug your charger in and the car not the app does the rest.

[Existential Crisis]

Originally Posted by The Thong

Interesting article in the Metro.

https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/14/tesla...etroukfacebook

It’s this little hiccup’s that need to be sorted out.

TT

How does not being able to access an app negate an ability to charge? Genuine question, I'm not technically minded. Do you need the app to sign in to the charging network or something?

[Fastpatsilents]

Originally Posted by Existential Crisis

How does not being able to access an app negate an ability to charge? Genuine question, I'm not technically minded. Do you need the app to sign in to the charging network or something?

It doesn't. It's a bit like VOC being down.

[DaveNP]

Originally Posted by Existential Crisis

How does not being able to access an app negate an ability to charge? Genuine question, I'm not technically minded. Do you need the app to sign in to the charging network or something?

Not got a Tesla so not first hand knowledge, but, digging around the web a bit it seems the App allows control and monitoring of the vehicle (and home powerwall) typically done on a phone, the stories of Tesla drivers not being able to unlock their cars is a partial story as they couldn't unlock their car with their phone but the standard issue keycard would work if you were at the car, similarly the interior heating had to be controlled by touching the dashboard rather than a phone.
I'm left wondering was the issue that the media just love to jump on a half story for an attention grabbing headline, or are some Tesla users (and others) so dumb they can only do things if there's an app for it on their phones nowadays? a bit like the old days when people would drive down railway tracks 'because the sat nav said so'.

[Existential Crisis]

Originally Posted by Fastpatsilents

It doesn't. It's a bit like VOC being down.

So, another non story being purported as a huge issue?

[DaveNP]

Originally Posted by Fastpatsilents

It doesn't. It's a bit like VOC being down.

steady on Pat, I think that would be a rather more serious that the Tesla app being down