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by ajross 1018 days ago
The discourse about this company is cursed.

You jumped into a thread where I pointed out in my first sentence that "Cold effects on range is more an issue of battery thermal management than efficiency" (verbatim).

Then you offered an anecdote about an older model of Tesla that lacked that feature, essentially agreeing with me on issues of technical fact, but pretended that this was somehow an issue with the entire product line. Then when I called you out on this nonsense (which remains untrue) you retreated to "but it was an older car without battery thermal management", conveniently forgetting that I'd pointed that out myself already and pretending that somehow this was an argument with me.

Then you called me a "stan" for good measure. Which one of us is arguing in good faith, do you think?

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You called me a liar because a major issue with EVs wasn't happening with your particular car. Want me to share the energy bills? EVs have major range and thermal management issues in the cold. Most consumers won't buy an EV with < 200 miles of range, and many EVs on the market will get less than 200 miles range with average use in subfreezing temps (including the base Model 3 and Y).

You're a stan. I like EVs btw, but I'm not deranged about their shortcomings.