Sounds like you drive too much.
“Another cross country road trip” - you’ve driven across the country multiple times??
Why not train? Bus?
If you bought an EV to help save the planet, you’re not really helping by driving that much.
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flames5123@lemmy.world 10 months ago
This is not normal for EVs. The only real problems I’ve had with my Tesla model 3 since 2018 was some paint issues and a sticky blinker, which they came to my work and replaced.
It’s sucks that all these companies seem to be trying to screw over their EVs when they are vastly better. I’ve traveled all over the US in mine. I’m currently on another cross country road trip and the charging system just works. 1,300 miles in 24 hours with charging for the first day. Without stopping at all, that’s still a 19.5h drive.
Oderus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
flames5123@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The USA does not have train or bus infrastructure. We looked at it but it would take weeks to get home on a train. It’s just not viable, but I wish it was. I take the bus in the city I live in almost anytime I can.
I have driven from Mississippi to Washington when I’ve moved and I’ve driven from MS to Denver during COVID to see friends (we did the whole 2 week quarantine before and took many precautions). I am driving back to see family for the holidays because flying is 2x the price plus dog boarding. We’re bringing our dog so we don’t have to pay the $700+ to do that.
For CO2 emissions: flying 2,000 miles both ways would be 1.2 metric tons of CO2 per passenger (using an online tool I found). We are driving 2,500 miles both ways, and having an extra passenger makes it more efficient per passenger. So for 2 passengers, 5,000 miles in a Tesla is 1 metric ton of CO2 total, which is 0.5/passenger, over half of what flying would do. Sure, I could just not go see my grandpa who has been struggling to breathe and in pain almost daily, but I haven’t seen my family in 2 years, and I miss them.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
EV’s have lots of problems of their own and they’re far from immune to most issues.
This person’s entire issue is probably due to a bad ECM or a bad/shorting out 12v battery.
flames5123@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yep. I’ve had my few issues, but there has been way less maintenance.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Aside from oil changes, there isn’t often very much maintenance that’s different on an ice. Just stuff that’s every fifty or one hundred thousand miles.
flames5123@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You have less moving parts so there’s also no replacing fuses, coolant, belts, etc.
currycourier@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The charging system for Teslas is a lot better than other EVs tbf, having driven a big 3 EV the charging situation is a hellscape since it couldn’t use superchargers
0k_@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That is, of course, changing soon with other manufacturers adopting NACS.
currycourier@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yup! Best to wait till then to get one probably
flames5123@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yep. That’s why I got a Tesla in 2018. It really can go anywhere in the country.