gorobei
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- Jan 7, 2007
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1. teslas are notoriously bad on repairs, there is no market for spare parts and body shops with experience with the models are minimal. that is why insurance companies charge so much for teslas since they usually just write it off for any damage. tesla's policy on 18650 failure repair is for you to buy a whole new bat pack so ~$20K. this will only get worse with the 4680 monlithic pack sealed in glue with no possibility of repair or maintenance.The EV6 is a very impressive vehicle; I'm excited to see what their trucks look like!
I still have my pre-order in for a Cybertruck, but I have some reservations:
1. What happens if you get in an accident? What's a repair job like on even a simple fender-bender?
2. What's the safety of extraction? Bulletproof glass, door handle design, etc. all sound kind of scary from an emergency responder perspective.
3. Are we REALLY going to see a $39k model? The main driver for me is the 500-mile battery, to fit both my daily commute & my range anxiety, so if the base goes up, the higher-end models will go up.
4. I really don't walk a yoke or other funky steering wheel. I tend to drive with my left hand on top of the wheel & my elbow on the door sill.
5. Curious about actual size. I drive into big cities sometimes & it can be a pain to navigate a really large vehicle to find street parking & whatnot.
6. Is it going to look like the concept vehicle? I don't like the new rims at all or some of the design features I've seen on the prototypes.
2. first responders in california were on the ball in the 2000's when teslas came out wrt disabling the electrical system, knowing where it is safe to cut the frame to avoid live wires, how to deal with the battery. responders in the flyover states not as up to date based on some local news channel pieces i saw in the 2010's where a local fire fighter indicated he had no idea of where he could use the sawzall or jawsoflife on a BEV. training hadn't filtered out to rural departments as a part of CPE.
laminated glass is now replacing tempered glass on more than the front/rear windscreens, so simple springloaded punches no longer do anything on side windows. first responders will need specialized tools, i found one guy who invented a tool with an endmill-style bit in a powerdrill tool and safety shroud on the tip that cuts across lam glass. even the hammer type glass breaker tools dont work anymore. [your car windows will have the type of glass lam/tempr printed near the corner]