haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year agoTesla breaks down mid-turn and causes more than nine hours of travel chaoswww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: technews@radiation.party
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minus-squareladicius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year ago…or to simply push it to the side? One minute?
minus-squareAlchemy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoCan you get the car in neutral once it dies in gear?
minus-squareedric@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThe 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.
minus-squareAlchemy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI’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.
…or to simply push it to the side? One minute?
Can you get the car in neutral once it dies in gear?
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.
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.