13 Tesla Myths That Make You Look Dumb (Stop Believing These)

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• GE

  @geoffhubbard7815 · 7 months ago

  My one-way commute is 80 miles with 90 percent over interstate at 70+ MPH; hence, since my company pays for charging for free (10 stalls to use), getting my Model Y was a no-brainer. I bumped my battery warranty with an after-market add-on warranty, but that was only due to my not doing enough research on the rumors before purchasing.  Thus far, with FSD every morning and free fill-ups, this mode of transportation is a dream! I just enjoy the scenery and listen to the radio for 3 hours a day, or chat with GROK about science and philosophy the whole way. :-) Last month I drove an extra 80 miles after work and had to get a supercharger "hit" for about 3 dollars/10 minutes to give me a buffer to get home.... Taken for all in all, I'm VERY pleased and will likely never be without at least one tesla in the driveway.

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• JA

  @jayppop3333 · 7 months ago

  My wall connector had been outside for years lol

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• MR

  @mr88cet · 5 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmogPOU6ons&amp;t=348">5:48</a> — Here in the Central-Texas vicinity at least, I’ve found that road tripping on Tesla Superchargers, per mile, costs about 2/3 of gasoline for a comparable pure-gasoline car, and home charging costs about 1/3 of Supercharging. &nbsp;(That comparison was before the Iran war raised gas prices.)

• ME

  @Meatball2022 · 7 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmogPOU6ons&amp;t=28">0:28</a> lol. I supercharged my car while sitting in it during a major rainstorm

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• WG

  @wgemini4422 · 6 months ago

  There are plenty of people who don&apos;t see faster tire wear than normal ICE cars. A model Y is no heavier than a highlander and you control the torque with your foot. Chill mode helps too.

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• JO

  @JohnSmith-uz3dt · 7 months ago (edited)

  Autopilot and FSD Supervised are 2 separate systems. &nbsp;Don’t lump them together. &nbsp;I think of Autopilot as fancy adaptive cruise control. &nbsp;With FSD Supervised, I can get in my car in the garage, tell it to take me to the grocery store, and it will do so without any intervention from me. &nbsp;I consider that to be the car driving itself. &nbsp;Supervised means I am responsible for whatever the car does. &nbsp;I think Tesla should have named Autopilot “intelligent adaptive cruise control”.

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• KE

  @kenbob1071 · 7 months ago

  I have 40k miles on my &apos;19 Model 3 (work from home) and I&apos;m still on the original set of tires.

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• AN

  @AndersNielsen-j8b5p · 6 months ago (edited)

  I charge my Tesla at work because I can&apos;t get a home charger. This is still a bit cheaper then fossil fuel, but not significantly and in general you have to be careful not to overpay for public charging.

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• DA

  @danschwartz1950 · 6 months ago

  Good information. Because battery pack is so expensive an accident that damages it will almost certainly total the vehicle when market value gets below $20,000. Insurance cost is higher on Teslas because of this.

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• FI

  @fin3125 · 7 months ago

  Are the cars that are charged to 100% every day part of that stat?

• PA

  @paulybgood5500 · 7 months ago

  #2 myth, “you cannot charge a Tesla in the rain” 😂 Glad people in the Pacific Northwest don’t know this!

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• TO

  @Tom55data · 7 months ago

  Some corrections to your corrections...<br>1) Fires : petrol burns at 2500C, diesel burns at 1500C, both these figures are above the structural failure rating of concrete and steel. &nbsp;International fire studies have found that although Lithium burns at 400C, the inside temperature of a battery fire is around 600C to 700C , below the structural failure temperature of concrete and steel. So, for a human, a battery fire is just as lethal and terrifying as a petrochemical fire, but it is not as hot. &nbsp;It additionally has the advantage that it does not move (it is a solid fire), whereas petrochemical are either liquid/gas fires which flow and spread around the ground. &nbsp;The huge disadvantage is that it does not require oxygen removing the standard way of putting out fires.<br>2) Grounding on EV chargers is based on a asymmetric ground leakage test far more protective than a simple RCCD (and equivalent US system). &nbsp;It needs to be as EV&apos;s are isolated from the ground by the tires until you touch it. &nbsp;You should avoid charging your EV in a thunderstorm as the ground voltage can be very large with high potential gradient due to induced charges, hence the complex fail safe ground testing.

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