• edric@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          The article says the electric ebrake can’t be disabled if there’s no power, so they couldn’t push it. I guess it automatically activates when the car is turned off? 9 hours to get a tow truck is still weird though.

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            I’m guessing they needed a tow truck that could lift the car in the air and then onto a platform, or one with wheel dollies.

            I’d prefer them to just drag that hunk of garbage out of the way, in gear and brakes on.

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    1 year ago

    In other news. People have become too fucking stupid and lazy to move a car 4 feet.

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      It’s says in the article the handbrake automatically engages when it dies. So it’s essentially pushes a multi tonne dead weight.

      Not that it explains what took so long for it to be moved.

      Though if memory serves Tesla are a bit funny with this sort of thing… If it (as the article suggests) was a problem with the car… Tesla basically say if someone else does anything to the car, the warranty is void, but if “we” do it we’ll recover it free.

      • ThenThreeMore@startrek.website
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        I’m surprised no one tried bouncing it out of the way. I know that’s what the fire brigade sometimes have to do if a car is blocking them getting to an emergency.