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Tesla breaks down mid-turn and causes more than nine hours of travel chaos (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[–] ladicius 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

...or to simply push it to the side? One minute?

[–] Alchemy 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you get the car in neutral once it dies in gear?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The article says the electric ebrake can’t be disabled if there’s no power, so they couldn’t push it. I guess it automatically activates when the car is turned off? 9 hours to get a tow truck is still weird though.

[–] Alchemy 7 points 1 year ago

I’m guessing they needed a tow truck that could lift the car in the air and then onto a platform, or one with wheel dollies.

I’d prefer them to just drag that hunk of garbage out of the way, in gear and brakes on.