Tesla owners are reporting that they've been frozen out of their vehicles with a brutal cold snap in America literally freezing their car's door handles shut.
While most of Australia bakes, snow is falling and temperatures are freezing across much of America, and some Tesla owners have discovered their door handles - designed to sit flush with the body work until you push on a part of it - are frozen stiff.
Some owners are reporting being locked out of their vehicles for more than 15 minutes, despite running the heating on high in an effort to defrost the situation. Others are posting videos of them banging on the door handle to break up the ice.
Other owners are reporting trouble opening or closing windows, and with accessing the charging ports, while others claim their batteries are draining faster than usual (a common problem in extreme cold or heat with all battery-electric vehicles).
“I can’t wait all day for this silly car," tweeted Andrea Falcone, a software engineer from Boston, who posted a photo of her ice-covered door handles.
And with owners tweeting Tesla directly, company boss Elon Musk promised an over-the-air fix was coming, tweeting: "many cold weather improvements coming via OTA software", though it was not clear whether he was referring to battery life or the doors themselves.
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Andrew Chesterton
Contributing Journalist
Andrew Chesterton should probably hate cars. From his hail-damaged Camira that looked like it had spent a hard life parked at the end of Tiger Woods' personal driving range, to the Nissan Pulsar Reebok that shook like it was possessed by a particularly mean-spirited demon every time he dared push past 40km/h, his personal car history isn't exactly littered with gold.
But that seemingly endless procession of rust-savaged hate machines taught him something even more important; that cars are more than a collection of nuts, bolts and petrol. They're your ticket to freedom, a way to unlock incredible experiences, rolling invitations to incredible adventures. They have soul.
And so, somehow, the car bug still bit. And it bit hard.
When "Chesto" started his journalism career with News Ltd's Sunday and Daily Telegraph newspapers, he covered just about everything, from business to real estate, courts to crime, before settling into state political reporting at NSW Parliament House.
But the automotive world's siren song soon sounded again, and he begged anyone who would listen for the opportunity to write about cars. Eventually they listened, and his career since has seen him filing car news, reviews and features for TopGear, Wheels, Motor and, of course, CarsGuide, as well as many, many others.
More than a decade later, and the car bug is yet to relinquish its toothy grip. And if you ask Chesto, he thinks it never will.
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