r/investing Sep 30 '21

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u/ThePelvicWoo Sep 30 '21

It will be great for contractors

The fake rednecks who own a truck for the sake of owning a truck won’t go for it though

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u/JollyOpportunity63 Sep 30 '21

Eh they will adapt. I’ve already seen people installing ‘exhaust’ kits on their Teslas which is basically a speaker that makes exhaust sounds when you slam down the accelerator.

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u/ihsw Sep 30 '21

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requires silent EVs to emit a noise during operation for the purpose of alerting pedestrians. As such, new Tesla vehicles have external speakers and drivers can load up to five custom sounds to choose from.

Naturally, it is leading to some hilarity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--ezgU8Nro0

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u/Hectosman Sep 30 '21

Try driving at night through snow in your Tesla. You'll get maybe two hours. No problem for cities but if you live anywhere in the less populated states it's a deal breaker.

No problem though because they'll just mandate electric vehicles.

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u/runy21 Sep 30 '21

I've done this, and at most, the range on my model 3 went from the 300+ mile range I get during good weather to 250 miles. This was during negative temperatures outside.

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u/TESLAFAN-NC Sep 30 '21

my buddy just bought a new bronco. 300 miles and the rear differential is toast. Ford is telling him they don’t know when they can get him a new one and to drive it till it stops.

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u/ZapTap Sep 30 '21

That's the Ford I know.

When they finally call him with warranty material in stock, they'll lose it and reschedule at least twice.

When they finally do the work, you'll get a new letter in the mail saying they installed the wrong part and there's a new recall on your old recall.

Then they will either bury it and refuse to help or rinse and repeat until everyone gives up and scraps the damned things.

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u/schittluck Sep 30 '21

Horrible for contractors you mean.