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A Tesla owner says he was locked out of his EV after its 12-volt battery died amid the Texas heat (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 2 years ago by L4s to c/technology
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The Tesla owner said getting stuck in his driveway was "annoying as hell," and he tried everything from hosing the car down to jumping the battery.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Nissan Leaf batteries are air cooled instead of water cooled. I wouldn't buy one, especially in a hot area.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Water cooled things are air cooled. The difference is in noise and where it's located.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Do you mean that water cooled has a radiator, which is then air cooled? Not the same thing.

[–] CrypticCoffee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As someone in the UK. What is this hot weather you talk of?

[–] atrax 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We're only in June, just wait till August lol we'll all be dying in our oven homes

[–] CrypticCoffee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh gosh. Not again. Those 40 degrees days were brutal. We're not set up for hot temperatures :).

[–] TurnItOff_OnAgain 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was confused, then I remembered Celsius. 40c is 104f. I'll be seeing a few of those days in the next week or so

[–] CrypticCoffee 1 points 2 years ago

We don't have air conditioning here except in offices and cars...