Tesla Battery 'Bricking': The Real Story Behind The Scare

by Green Car Reports | GreeNews 23February

Late last night, a sensational blog post circulated through Silicon Valley. It claimed that several $100,000-plus Tesla Roadsters were now useless as the result of a "devastating design problem," with their battery packs "bricked" from being left too long without plugging in. Early this morning, we predicted that this would be today's electric-car...

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