“It’s A Brick” – Tesla Motors’ Devastating Design Problem
Tesla Motors lineup of all-electric vehicles its existing Roadster, almost certainly its impending Model S, and possibly its future Model X apparently suffer from a severe limitation that can largely destroy the value of the vehicle.
If the battery is ever totally discharged, the owner is left with what Tesla describes as a brick: a completely immobile vehicle that cannot be started or even pushed down the street.
The only known remedy is for the owner to pay Tesla approximately $40,000 to replace the entire battery.
Unlike practically every other modern car problem, neither Teslas warranty nor typical car insurance policies provide any protection from this major financial loss.
http://theunderstatement.com/post/18030062041/its-a-brick-tesla-motors-devastating-design
Not only is Tesla not admitting to this problem, the company is planning on rolling thousands of electric cars in the near future which have the same problem.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)get away with that ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_crisis_of_2008%E2%80%932010
ellenfl
(8,660 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)What's stopping them from adding well known circuitry shutting off everything when the battery goes down to 10% or so?
$40,000 for the batteries alone in a $50,000 car?
jeff47
(26,549 posts)And 2) The car has such circuitry.
ETA: 3) If you don't trust yourself to plug the car in once every other month, you can buy a battery warranty from Tesla that covers this.
This blogger is wrong. But it's great fearmongering.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)n2doc
(47,953 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)sorry to dupe you.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Can't easily check for dups with the dumb google search function anyway. But I thought since this turned out to be acrimonious, that I would save folks the effort of posting the pros and cons of this article. They are all there on my thread.
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QA_IT_Pro
(17 posts)JUst trying to live up to the execptation of needing so many post
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AtenaA
(1 post)In electronics, "bricking" means to make a gadget so that it can no longer be used for its intended reason. More than one Tesla Roadster owner has said recently that the vehicle can grow to be a "brick" if simply left unplugged. Tesla, however, states the owners are at fault, not the automaker.[link:http://www.cardealexpert.com/news-information/auto-news/tesla-bricked-roadsters/|[link:http://www.cardealexpert.com/news-information/auto-news/tesla-bricked-roadsters/"|