“You're stealing our water”: Germans protest against Tesla gigafactory

Re:“You're stealing our water”: Germans protest against Tesl... by speedgoose on Sunday January 19, 2020 @04:41AM (#22090445)

The Model S and Model X are aluminum so the rust isn't a big problem. Parts availability perhaps more. We will see how the cheaper Tesla in steel like the Model 3 will do over time but if they hold well, they may be a good cheap car in 10 years or more. In Norway, where the number of Tesla per habita is very high, the average car age is about 10 years.

Also, it's likely that the batteries will get a second life as home energy storage when no one would want to keep the car running anymore.

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Re:“You're stealing our water”: Germans protest against Tesl... by perl4ever on Sunday January 19, 2020 @09:27PM (#22095767)

One (speculative) way to look at it, is that with ICE cars, there is this conceptual division, for the manufacturers or the customers, between the propulsion, and all the electronic gadgets. It is understood that the engine is what's essential but many of the electronic gadgets and features will probably die over the years and the car will remain driveable.

I bet that with a Tesla, because it's electric and there's no dividing line in everyone's minds between systems, that it will fail according to the usual pattern with electronics, and the motor and batteries won't be isolated from that.

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