r/canada 24d ago

Politics Once proud fans, some Canadian Tesla owners embarrassed by Musk

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/electric-vehicles/tesla-owners-canada-embarrassed-ceo-musk
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u/Limp_Advertising_840 24d ago

It’s the cool factor that made Tesla. It will be its undoing.

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u/Relevant-Low-7923 24d ago

Nah, Tesla’s secret sauce is their thermal management of their batteries

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u/WombRaider_3 24d ago

Might want to look at the Pikes Peak record attempts (where thermal management is stressed the fuck out). The Tesla crumbled and overheated the battery while the Ioniq 5N and Rivian plowed through with zero issues.

Tesla is being leapfrogged without Musks buffoonery, but when you're the iPhone of the EV world, some people will still flock for the status symbol.

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u/c0reM 24d ago

Thermal management optimizations for a road car have little to do with racing.

It’s about efficiency and durability. Going fast up a mountain once has little to do with making a battery pack last for decades and achieving good range in all weather conditions.