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-up126arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkTesla breaks down mid-turn and causes more than nine hours of travel chaoswww.telegraph.co.ukhaxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAlchemy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoCan you get the car in neutral once it dies in gear?
minus-squareedric@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 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.
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.