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I am a bit more concerned about batteries now as opposed to an year ago.

We had this article from Elektrek [1] about battery issues in South Korea. When I asked my local electric maintenance shop [2, sorry for the FB link], they said they have started seeing the same issue in Model 3s and Ys in Canada as well. (They also said that it is too early to tell how common it would become)

This may bode well for recycling since the issues is an unbalance, not the whole pack failing.

[1] https://electrek.co/2025/10/14/tesla-is-at-risk-of-lossing-s...

[2] https://www.facebook.com/groups/albertaEV/posts/248558844207...

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Idk, not really worried about that. There are shops that are able to swap out a faulty module, and the cost is not too horrible:

https://www.reddit.com/r/electricvehicles/comments/1e3onbp/c...

Tesla made powerwalls a product for a reason. They were supposed to come from outdated Tesla cars, but that never materialized. If it is materializing now, they already know what they are going to do.

I would be more concerned if the source were anyone but Electrek~. Their vendetta against Tesla has forfeited all their credibility on Tesla news.

"many of these vehicles are now out of warranty, as they sometimes exceed the maximum mileage"

They have good numbers for the number of affected vehicles, but the best they can do for out-of-warranty stats is "many" and "sometimes". Convenient.

~To be fair this applies to a lot of popular tech sites I used to respect. Dunking on Tesla is its own industry these days, it seems.

I can respect that. For what it is worth, I validated with a well-trusted local shop that works on EVs (and works with Tesla) that said the issue is starting to pop up. Moreover, it's the government of Korea that is making this claim as well.

(I also find it difficult to separate noise from signal about Tesla. However, I don't consider them innocent victims; besides the elephant in the room, they literally eliminated their PR department)

>Dunking on Tesla is its own industry these days, it seems.

Are you suggesting Tesla is criticized without good reason?

Idk enough but I assume there are good reasons, however when a website is biased and finds even bad reasons to hate that's still a problem right?

Bad reasons to hate something are bad press for Tesla, and how many people are going to read past a headline that confirms their bias? This isn't limited to Tesla, mind you, and is a broader statement on clickbait, and the state of the Internet and media and society today. Of course, anybody on Tesla's side knows to take Electrek and the rest of the Inernet’s coverage with a grain of salt, but with rabid fanboys on both sides, it's hard to know how large a grain of salt, and when.

What are the bad reasons that bias electrek’s coverage?

Electrek's Fred has a ton of Tesla referral credits. Tesla owes him 2 Roadster's and has reneged. After Tesla screwed him, Fred's coverage turned from glowing to negative.

It seems a lot more biased against what Elons spent the last 2 years doing. If we can call that bias.

extremist "journalists" and/or undisclosed sponsorship? Contrast their Tesla coverage with their almost giddy stories on anything China related.

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