Electric Vehicles? Towing? Hauling?
There seems to be quite a push lately for zero emission vehicles and electric only vehicles. How on Earth would these ever work for us? You can't go cross country in an electric vehicle in a pra...
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pnichols wrote:mikim wrote:
We have two Tesla's and love them. Whenever a software update is available, the cars automatically download and install the updates. The Car's are also able to communicate with the "Mothership" to provide Tesla with information about the car and our driving profiles. It would be easy for the car to self report miles driven automatically, and the taxing authority could use this data to collect "road use" taxes.
Additionally, Tesla's cannot be unplugged unless the "FOB" is nearby.
Good grief ... I'd NEVER own a vehicle who's continued good performance depended upon Internet (or satellite) access.
It sounds like Tesla vehicles are assuming ownership in densely populated areas or otherwise in areas that just happen to have good Internet (or satellite?) access. Our vehicles are often in many places "off the grid" with respect to cellular tower or satellite signals.
One of the GREAT features of fossil fuel powered vehicles is their off the grid self-containment -> for hundreds of miles between fuel-ups and thousands of miles between tune-ups.
Nope. Has nothing to do with continued good performance. Software updates provide improvements to varioys functions. Everything from braking to instrumentation, power curves, safety, navigation. Things other vehicles require you to buy a new model year for.
Tesla’s are not dependant on Satelite (not a thing) or internet. But if you are at home connected to your home wifi updates can occur.
Tesla’s or other EV’s don’t need tuneups...ever. There’s nothing to tune up. Tesla’s travel “100’s of miles between fuel ups”. When was the last time you fueled up at home? :)
