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Mark Lansbury

Tesla owners fuming as they are hit with £17,000 bill to fix car after 'driving in rain'

"After complaints from me, we received a call at 5.30pm on the Wednesday saying the battery was damaged due to water ingress and it was unfortunately not covered by the battery’s 8-year warranty and so the repair would be around £17,500. Did I wish to proceed?? I was flabbergasted and couldn’t really find my words."

John said he pressed representatives of #Tesla on whether he or Rob were at fault for the damage, to which he claims he was told that it was a weather issue. He added: "They said that the battery is effectively submerged in water. How can that be our fault?

"After finally getting to speak to a manager, he told me it had water in it due to the fact the weather in Scotland has been so bad. That was the issue. They said it’s not necessarily my fault but it’s not Tesla’s to pay under warranty. He reminded me there was a yellow weather warning in some parts of Scotland.

"I pushed him on this and said I've never heard or something like this happening. He said it can happen with Range Rovers and Mercs but I'm just not buying it. To date, it's been a disaster of a service and the stress and worry of this is excruciating.

"I said to the manager, ‘so, my understanding is, Teslas are unfit for purpose in Scotland?.” I’ve been driving for 30 years and this is my most premium car to date and this is what it does when Edinburgh’s roads get puddles or a little wet!"

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/tesla-owners-fuming-as-they-are-hit-with-17-000-bill-to-fix-car-after-driving-in-rain/ar-AA1ilqae

#EV #cars #autos #Scotland #battery #Electric #ElectricCars #Scotland #rain #weather #Capitalism #CapitalismFails #scam #Consumer #complaints #BoycottTesla

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rich@diaspora.psyco.fr
Rich

#EV fires
Electric vehicles are so prone to spontaneously bursting into flames—which are virtually impossible to put out—that a Norwegian shipping company has banned them from its ferries, citing a ship that sank last February after the EVs it was carrying caught fire and couldn't be…
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kennychaffin@diasp.org
Kenny Chaffin

SURPRISING AUTOMAKER GAINS GROUND IN EV PRICE WAR WITH NEW MODEL THAT UNDERCUTS TESLA’S MODEL Y: ‘A MINOR MIRACLE’
Such moves could help to trigger an EV price war that may result in even more affordable, environmentally friendly options for consumers.

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/kias-ev5-electric-car-china-cost/

#EV #cars #electric

Surprising automaker gains ground in EV price war with new model that undercuts Tesla’s Model Y: ‘A minor miracle’

Kia's new EV5 will start at around $22,000 in China.

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psych@diasp.org
Michael

Here's a refreshing tale of telling #truth to #GQP power.... although some in that cult are just not 'educable', or interested.

Pete Buttigieg just testified before Congress. It did not go well for Republicans

“I don’t know if you can justify or how you justify forcing my constituents to pay for EVs [electric vehicles] and EV infrastructure for coastal elites and wealthy people, but somehow you do,” Rep. Perry told Secretary Buttigieg.
“Well, I need to point out that wealthy people were specifically excluded from the Inflation Reduction Act,” Buttigieg replied.

“I’m not against cutting the cost. The market should do it,” Perry replied. “But you want the government, you want my taxpayers to pay to cut the cost.” Buttigieg then asked about subsidies for the oil and gas companies, which cost the American taxpayer billions of dollars annually.
“If you are of the view that there should be no subsidy to propulsion vehicles, then are you against oil and gas subsidies?” Buttigieg asked.

#truth #reality #energy #transportation #EV #GQP #economics

Pete Buttigieg just testified before Congress. It did not go well for Republicans

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday, where he was forced to educate Republicans on a wide variety of topics, from climate change to not needing...

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mlansbury@despora.de
Mark Lansbury

EU risks depending on China for batteries after dropping Russian energy

By 2030, the European Union could become as dependent on lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells from China as it was on Russian energy supplies before the war against Ukraine

Without implementing strong measures, the European energy ecosystem could have a dependency on China by 2030 of a different nature, but with a similar severity, from the one it had on Russia before the invasion of Ukraine.

https://kyivindependent.com/reuters-eu-risks-depending-on-china-for-batteries-after-dropping-russian-energy/

#Green #GreenEnergy #EV #battery #batteries #China #Russia #Lithium-Ion #FuelCells #EU #EuropeanUnion

Reuters: EU risks depending on China for batteries after dropping Russian energy

By 2030, the European Union could become as dependent on lithium-ion batteries and fuel cells from China as it was on Russian energy supplies before the war against Ukraine, Reuters reported on Sept. 18, citing an obtained EU document.

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