It was a salvage title; basically he was scammed by a dealer. That said, I had no idea they could or did ban salvage Tesla's from the charging network, that's kind of wild. I suppose third party chargers are getting better but the tesla network is a big perk of Tesla's
Let me guess, without reading. This is a salvage title, not a car in perfect order.
IIRC, Tesla is willing to reconnect, but only after a really expensive evaluation of the car. It's too risky putting a really big lithium batter up to a really big charger otherwise.
"Fred Lambert, the editor-in-chief of Electrek, a news magazine about electric vehicles, said he's heard of at least one other case where a car with a clean title was labeled "salvage" in Tesla's system and blocked from supercharging. "
ahh. Eletrek is trying to spin up this story again.
if you were in Android, I'd also recommend Brave browser and uBlock.
there's also DNS blockers like Rethink app or custom DNS servers
I don't understand how anyone browses the web without ad block. anytime I do so by accident. websites are absolutely unreadable and useless. The Great Enshittening™ comes for us all
How do you define "minor accident" -- perhaps it was a "minor" accident because no one was injured and no other party was involved?
Last time I bought a car, I found the one I wanted with the note that it had been in a minor accident. I paid for the carfax, and learned that it had some damage and repairs, and had somehow traveled across the country in the process. Limited details, except, the accident had occurred in Florida. $10 later I had the police report. It was a 4wd car and suffered 2 broken axles & broken drive train. not minor in any way.
That they're able to track, identify, and blacklist an individual car is bit dystopian. Didn't really want an electric car before and I really don't want one now.
If Tesla has a “no charge” list, they should at a minimum notify Carfax. However, everybody buying a used Tesla needs to be knowledgeable about this caveat. Tesla has a duty to inform the public. How they do this I have no idea. Perhaps the vehicle should never have been released back to the owner if it’s so unsafe. I don’t how that would work legally and financially.
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[ 3.9 ms ] story [ 39.2 ms ] threadNo, that's wrong. Tesla has 2,817 supercharger sites for a total of 34,197 stalls in the US:
https://supercharge.info/charts
IIRC, Tesla is willing to reconnect, but only after a really expensive evaluation of the car. It's too risky putting a really big lithium batter up to a really big charger otherwise.
"Fred Lambert, the editor-in-chief of Electrek, a news magazine about electric vehicles, said he's heard of at least one other case where a car with a clean title was labeled "salvage" in Tesla's system and blocked from supercharging. "
ahh. Eletrek is trying to spin up this story again.
As another commenter identified. Brand-name chargers that you can be unilaterally "banned" from are a problem for everyone
if you were in Android, I'd also recommend Brave browser and uBlock.
there's also DNS blockers like Rethink app or custom DNS servers
I don't understand how anyone browses the web without ad block. anytime I do so by accident. websites are absolutely unreadable and useless. The Great Enshittening™ comes for us all
Last time I bought a car, I found the one I wanted with the note that it had been in a minor accident. I paid for the carfax, and learned that it had some damage and repairs, and had somehow traveled across the country in the process. Limited details, except, the accident had occurred in Florida. $10 later I had the police report. It was a 4wd car and suffered 2 broken axles & broken drive train. not minor in any way.