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Today, Explained

Frosty the Tesla

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

New electric vehicle owners have been finding out the hard way that extreme cold weather and their cars don’t mix very well. The Verge’s Andrew J. Hawkins explains why, and Simon Wright from the Economist says China could help. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tesla? Do you want to drive your EV? Well that's too bad because it's cold and when you haven't charged your battery

0:16.4

No flattery your car will feel old

0:19.8

It used to be such a good car and now it's not. I wish Elon would tell me why

0:27.8

Do you want to drive your EV?

0:30.8

Then you should have read the instructions.

0:34.0

Go away, haughty.

0:36.0

Okay, but we're going to talk all about frozen evies on today explained.

0:48.0

Some Tesla drivers learn the hard way about how cold weather impacts their battery life. All of these vehicles right here, all of them have dead batteries.

0:51.0

They tell you the chargers are fast.

0:53.0

It takes two hours to charge your car.

0:54.9

Bro, I can't even get in my Tesla.

0:57.9

And it's terrible.

1:00.0

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1:29.0

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