What’s the dumbest thing you’ve heard about EVs?

[SleeperService]

You mean like this? (yes, this is my car):

Yes, that. Pretty much exactly that, but with maybe more "supporting apparatus" around it to make it even more visually interesting and intellectually confusing to the haterz. To be clear: I was quite certain I wasn't the first to come up with this idea. There seems to be a higher proportion of nerds in the Tesla population than the general population.

 

[MtnTom]

Wait, did he also say it causes cancer and has secret service around him?

Too funny. Doesn't he know that Windmills are what cause cancer? Rofl

 

[mrdibs]

One very real consequence to EV's is the inevitable end to the battery. Properly stored, an ICE car can be left for decades then restarted with little effort (I've done it several times). A Tesla left for decades will need a new battery pack. Over time as batteries become cheaper, that will be less of an issue, but it's still going to be roughly equivalent in cost and effort to replacing the engine in an ICE car. Mad Max will be screwed if all he can dig up is EV's.

 

[jrh007]

You mean like this? (yes, this is my car):

But did you make that after falling off your toilet and hitting your head?

 

[tread]

You are talking about a handful of watts, not worth the cost or effort.

Handful? Thor? Is that you?

 

[PoitNarf]

Too funny. Doesn't he know that Windmills are what cause cancer? Rofl

I'm sorry, I can't resist posting this clip when I see someone mention "windmills"

 

[Blue Sox]

This from a guy driving a muscle car talking to someone after seeing my Model 3. “Yeah you know those cars have zero torque right?”

It is incumbent upon the manufacturers of electric cars to educate the public about them if they ever want to have signify adoption of them. We seekers k ow these things, the casual car owner simply cares about getting from Point A to Point B safely, efficiently. “Dumb” statements are possibly uninformed ones.

 

[pilotSteve]

Elon saying "we never discount our cars!" .......

 

[CyberShy]

Well, don't take a bath with your car !

Washing a car can be very much like taking a bath with it. Those bubbles, that spraying and wiping, caressing those fenders...

 

[hcdavis3]

Thanks very much you guys. This has been really fun. Keep on educating those that don’t know. In 10 years they’ll get it. This stuff will be the norm. Happy Easter to all.

 

[SammichLover]

sorry, "FUD" ?

Fear. Uncertainty. Doubt.

Fear, uncertainty, and doubt - Wikipedia

 

[SammichLover]

Isn't that kind of true?
It is in the back of every EV owners mind

120,00 mile/8 year warranty

It is quite possible I'll mile out of that warranty after 3 years, but I'm something close to an extreme in that. As well it is unlikely that the vehicle will need a battery replacement until years past that, I expect 250,000 miles life at least.

Hard to say for sure what a battery pack replacement price will be 6 years form now but given the trajectory of battery manufacturing costs and the number of Model 3s that'll be around to support a market for them, it is reasonable to assume it'll cost well below $100/kWh. If the car is still holding together enough to justify say a $5000 battery pack I've got to say I'll be rather happy about my lifetime costs for the vehicle. Another, say, 100,000 miles in a vehicle of this quality for $5000? Sold!

 

[remlemasi]

I was at a car show with my Model X, doors up...
when I was approached by a friendly guy and his friend


Guy: “oh my god.. I can’t believe a TESLA is
here?!!?! This is great. Dude, this is my dream car. I have a picture of this exact car on my desk where I work. One day I hope I’ll have it. I’ve watched so many videos on this one car!

Me: “Glad you like it! Feel free to sit inside, ask me any questions you have”

Guy: “So how much do you have to charge on trips..?”

Me: “Not much more than I would normally stop anyway...”

Guy: “I see. And it’s a 6-Cylinder, right?

Me: “I’m sorry...?”

Guy: “oh wow it’s an 8 cylinder?”

If I run into this with my 3LR, I'm going to insist it's a 4,416-cylinder

Maybe this was posted somewhere in the middle... however, somebody asked me about the car's sound pack. I said it had a great sound system. He said "no... the engine sound they have to make so you don't hit pedestrians."

Well, this one is technically true... although they aren't exactly "engine" noises: Electric vehicle warning sounds - Wikipedia

 

[SammichLover]

Well, this one is technically true... although they aren't exactly "engine" noises: Electric vehicle warning sounds - Wikipedia

And they're also "not yet" and also "never" for any vehicle on the road right now that doesn't have one. Does anyone ship with this, other than the iPace's goofy one? Or is the iPace one only interior sound?

Has Tesla released anything about what sound it is going to use?

 

[remlemasi]

And they're also "not yet" and also "never" for any vehicle on the road right now that doesn't have one. Does anyone ship with this, other than the iPace's goofy one? Or is the iPace one only interior sound?

Has Tesla released anything about what sound it is going to use?

According to the linked wiki, "most" hybrids, PHEVs, and EVs use them. Good chart here: Market Availability

Interestingly, Tesla along with BMW and VW and the only manufacturers that are waiting until they become mandatory to fit them.

 

[hcdavis3]

If I run into this with my 3LR, I'm going to insist it's a 4,416-cylinder



Well, this one is technically true... although they aren't exactly "engine" noises: Electric vehicle warning sounds - Wikipedia

Brilliant!!!

 

[justinmk3]

The dumbest thing I have heard about electric cars? Well two dumbest things actually:

1) electric cars are quick not fast. They fall off after ~ 80mph.

2) electric cars cause anal itching. Seriously. I can’t make this stuff up. Origins here:
Tesla Ownership Causes 'Anal Itching' According To This 'Report'

 

[Kilotango74]

According to the linked wiki, "most" hybrids, PHEVs, and EVs use them. Good chart here: Market Availability

Interestingly, Tesla along with BMW and VW and the only manufacturers that are waiting until they become mandatory to fit them.

That's interesting....I currently drive a 2013 Prius (unfortunately) and it doesn't make any "warning sound", never has. The chart says it should make a noise continuously at any speed under 15mph. For those of you have ever been cursed enough to drive or ride in a Prius you will however be more than familiar with the stupid beeping noise it makes when you put it in reverse. Kinda like a big delivery truck, but it only makes the noise on the inside. What kind of idiotic crap is that. Hate that car.....

 

[Kilotango74]

Haha I don’t know if he owns it or is a manager but he’s a much older guy that had worked there for YEARS. But after him being rude to me constantly I went to a gas station a block away (this was when Model 3’s first started delivering so people got excited to see them) when I walked inside there was 3 cashiers and they all asked me questions about my car and seemed curious. Then they told me the owner is actually picking up his Model 3 this weekend. The guy owns a gas station and bought a EV.

Well I own stock in things that don't smoke, I mean use, but people do so.......

 

[Daniel in SD]

1) electric cars are quick not fast. They fall off after ~ 80mph.

This is true. Look at the trap speeds of cars with similar 1/4 mile times to the P3D, they're quite a bit faster. Not that this is a practical concern for a street car.