Essex Power Cut

[Ingatestonian]

Hello, newbie here, just ordered a Model Y for delivery next year sometime.

There was a major power cut in South Essex on Saturday, photos of people milling about in the car parks at Lakeside after alarms were set off. Apparently major failure that also affected mobile transmitters so there was no mobile service which added to the general confusion.

There are reports that people were locked out of their EVs, I am assuming that this was Tesla drivers unable to use the app for entry and presumably not having the card key with them. I assume that with the card the car would have allowed entry and been capable of driving home, even without some features, is that so?

 

[Fursty Ferret]

You don't need signal or Wifi to use the phone key, if that helps, and on Android phones it works as an NFC key too. These stories are just Daily Mail style clickbait rubbish.

 

[Adopado]

There are reports that people were locked out of their EVs,

Reports? A power cut doesn't affect getting into your car with your phone, with your key card or with a fob.

 

[Casss]

It’s those 5g towers I tell you! 5g is just 1g more than we can cope with

 

[Ingatestonian]

OK, thanks all. I was ambushed by friends with these stories that had no doubt grown every time they were related.

 

[Dilly]

A power cut will only stop you charging your car. Getting in and driving off - no problem.
some people tried signing out of the Tesla app and couldn’t sign back in. If they did that and didn’t have their key card handy, they were locked out.
phone works fine as a key but always carry a key card!

 

[Adopado]

OK, thanks all. I was ambushed by friends with these stories that had no doubt grown every time they were related.

Did they remind you that your EV will very likely burst into flames at the drop of a hat too Yes, I'm afraid as a future EV owner you are going to have to sift through the nonsense to get to the truth sometimes! This very forum can sometimes play a part in sharing the real "lived experience" of EV ownership ... so welcome to the club! (We'll even admit the actual downsides too.)

 

[Mr Miserable]

Did you tell them that petrol pumps don't work either when there is a power cut.