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Re:Tesla responds to "bricking" issue by schiffern on Friday February 24, 2012 @06:55PM (#3631652)
And it wouldn't with a Tesla, either. The car shuts down before you can discharge the battery enough to damage it.

If, after you ran out of gas, you didn't fill your gas tank for weeks and ignored the car's insistent complaints that it should be filled with gas, then you would have a point. But I doubt you've ever done that.

Re:Tesla responds to "bricking" issue by vacri on Friday February 24, 2012 @07:46PM (#3631755)
I've driven my car until the tank was empty, then left home to go on a trip for two weeks. When I came back, there was still enough fuel to let me go get more.

Everyone seems to think that Tesla owners are housebound in these threads.

Re:Tesla responds to "bricking" issue by Unseelie on Saturday February 25, 2012 @04:36PM (#3633914)
Clearly, if there was fuel left that you could derive motion from the thing, it wasn't quite empty...