Surprising Uber Driver w/ Money for NEW Tesla!

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Thank you so much for your incredibly generous donations to Dobson. We’re currently helping him decide which Tesla to purchase next as he continues driving more than 10,000 miles per month. If you’ve appreciated his insights, transparency and willingness to share invaluable data with the community, please consider helping grow the Gofundme linked here. Every dollar helps. ► gofund.me/83a22ccb
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Today we surprise our Tesla Uber driver friend Dobson with your donations that have so far exceeded $13,000 to help fund his replacement battery cost as well as possibly get him back into a new LFP Tesla so he can continue providing the community with the data and metrics that come with driving an EV 120,000 miles per year. We also sit down with Dobson and read some of your comments, including those from a battery engineer and also a statement from Tesla on battery longevity.
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@ItsKimJava 7 ай бұрын

Tesla community! Thank you so much for your incredibly generous donations to Dobson. We’re currently helping him decide which Tesla to purchase next as he continues driving more than 10,000 miles per month. If you’ve appreciated his insights, transparency and willingness to share invaluable data with the community, please consider helping grow the Gofundme linked here. Every dollar helps. ► gofund.me/83a22ccb

@suresh_elonbro 7 ай бұрын

please make a video about the maintenance cost on the tesla in this year driving 100k miles vs maintenance cost on his previous gas car. we have to look at total cost of ownership

@GhostOfBillCooper 7 ай бұрын

Why a new Tesla? Shouldn't he just get a new battery?

@ItsKimJava 7 ай бұрын

@@suresh_elonbrocovered this extensively in previous videos with Dobson. See links in description.

@NickWindham 7 ай бұрын

You’re the best

@economistfromhell4877 7 ай бұрын

Fantastic work by everyone! However…..I can feel a spreadsheet coming on……seriously the options needs to be spreadsheeted ….particularly the double Tesla option and the sleep/family time drive option plus head to head against the Camry? Would be great….let me know if I can help?

@Daily-Ai-Driver 7 ай бұрын

Very generous of you putting this together, Kim. He's an honest, hard working man and deserves everything you're doing for him!!

@Berretotube 7 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

@kottuning3294 7 ай бұрын

This was the best 100 I ever donated :) I felt very good helping Dobson as he's an extremely hard worker and just a good person

@TheBoxster1998 6 ай бұрын

Should've donated that money for a good cause. Like helping out the homeless or orphanage. He can afford a $900 dollar car payment and lives in a decent housing. So, what happens when the battery goes to sh*t again? Are you going to donate more money so he can get another TESLA? What I see here is you fell for their BS..I heard he wants the Cybertruck. So, you might want to donate 1k so he can afford it.

@RandomAlias1 6 ай бұрын

@@TheBoxster1998 Truth hurts. You said it well. It is what it is.

@Sheepmansheep 5 ай бұрын

@TheBoxster1998 normal good people deserve help too assholes. what have you given to? nothing lol.

@cantwealljustgetalong2 5 ай бұрын

lots of people are hard workers and good people...doesnt mean they deserve a free 60,000 dollar car

@ohlordethan4170 7 ай бұрын

Why am I smiling this much?! Hope in humanity restored 💯

@WestCoastChicano 7 ай бұрын

It was an honor to donate to this deserving man. 👍

@TheBoxster1998 6 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@raphaelmawoh6103 7 ай бұрын

There is another thing to talk about besides the battery. Change the oil of your drive unit after 100,000 miles! Even when Tesla says it's good for a lifetime and the oil quality is monitored. An oil analysis showed that there is a significant ware, and new oil will help to reduce this significantly. Surly depends on your driving style... Please help to vote this up, so that the pro drivers will read this also.

@jaylxxxi1908 7 ай бұрын

Tesla should hire Dobson as a QA field tester.

@gerrycrisostomo6571 7 ай бұрын

This only proves that the Tesla community, those who own Teslas, fans of Tesla, youtubers of Tesla, enthusiasts and everyone who contributed to this project are AWESOME PEOPLE! This is such a good deed to a fellow human being and a good person. May God bless you all abundantly and keep you safe and happy.

@TheBoxster1998 6 ай бұрын

NOPE. You know who's awesome? People helping the homeless and kids on the street. Not some dude that can afford a $900 dollar car payment and lives in a decent housing. Give me a break.

@gerrycrisostomo6571 6 ай бұрын

@@TheBoxster1998 And how do you know that these people are not also doing the same? If they are generous enough to help that Uber driver then most probably they are also generous enough to help the homeless people and kids on the street like what you said, but they are humble enough to not let the people know about their good deeds. What's wrong with haters like you is you don't see the goodness in the hearts of other people because all you know is hate and evil. And most probably, you are also not keen on using your brain. 😂😂😄😄

@topranked5465 Ай бұрын

"Lets help this guy so elon doesn't look bad"

@hikintrailsndrinkinales 7 ай бұрын

One Tesla Uber driver to another. Keep at it Dobson! You are helping gather the data and sequentially helping change the world! May you get many more smiles with the passing miles.

@johnthorpe459 7 ай бұрын

Hi , great to see the Tesla community helping Dobson out . I’m in the uk and drive a 2015 model s on uber and contract work I’ve had my car around 5 years and now have 255,000 miles on the clock and currently still on my original battery , Keep going Dobson

@rcpmac Ай бұрын

What is your charging routine and daily mileage?

@johnthorpe459 Ай бұрын

@@rcpmac hi I supercharge usually twice sometimes three times a week but only to around 80 to 90% and the rest of the time I charge from home

@fiawoojoseph5851 7 ай бұрын

I watch the last video,he was very polite with everything. He deserves it. Watching from Ghana 🇬🇭

@Yachtzeee 7 ай бұрын

Proud of Kim and fellow community members for doing such a generous thing for a great human! ❤️

@Berretotube 7 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤

@Yanquetino 7 ай бұрын

So very kind of you, Kim and PJ! I'd be happier, however, if Tesla stepped up to the plate for Dobson rather than having to ask owners for donations. What you said is true: the community is amazing. I just wish Tesla were. BTW, the kitchen logo over your head is perfect for your videos: "JOY"!

@NickWindham 7 ай бұрын

In the video he does say Tesla called him to bring his battery in for repair again but this time on Tesla and gave him that S loaner. I can’t imagine her videos didn’t help make Tesla at least do this for him.

@xiaoka 5 ай бұрын

He earned a lot of money driving 100k miles in a year. Replacing his battery for only $9k is a bargain compared to what he saved on oil changes and gas. A one year warranty on the replacement battery is effectively another 100k warranty. That alone is very valuable for him.

@intcman9444 7 ай бұрын

As a family that owns three Tesla's and having more than 20 Teslas throughout our extended family here in California, his experience is probably the most important that the Tesla community can learn from considering the motivation for the manufacturer to claim the absolute best case scenario with respect of their batteries is very high. I would love to see Dobson register his car with recurrent in order to monitor his charging and drive pattern in order to have targeted analytics that can be collected from his car. Also there is an application called scan my Tesla that I started using in my 2016 model x 90d that I think he could definitely benefit from. That would also show him the condition, the voltage and the capacity of the battery at all times while he's driving.

@natnathutchins 7 ай бұрын

Ditto! ❤Tessie family of three!!

@scifithoughts3611 7 ай бұрын

Great advice! Analytics is important to a pro user.

@josevazquez3427 4 ай бұрын

How do you charge your Tesla’s at home???😅 Do the California State Gov allows you to charge them ALL at once or certain times per week?

@lancerkind 4 ай бұрын

@@josevazquez3427 Given that charging an EV uses about the same energy as running a large AC, the California government can't actually stop you from charging your car however you want. The power company can request certain usage patterns and charge extra during peak hours. I've not heard any news about Californian government caring when and how many EVs you can use at home. I would be skeptical if someone said otherwise as they are probably being manipulative.

@daveblock 3 ай бұрын

Douche family

@elsersosa 7 ай бұрын

Kuddos to the TESLA community ! Kudos to you AS WELL KIM !!!!!!

@ciaotesla 7 ай бұрын

The battery engineer is correct, charging fast at higher %, it degrades the battery chemistry, because the battery is constantly been used. When you charge fast with higher frequency you are basically squeezing the degradation of several years in one year like in this case. You are basically doing a load test in a real scenario.

@CarlitoswayDR 7 ай бұрын

I think Dobson would be a great KZfaqr as well and make a living on it. His interactions are smart and precise as well as a great personality

@cangle37 7 ай бұрын

I would watch

@erick_bst 7 ай бұрын

I would subscribe and watch too.

@Ariel51_artist 7 ай бұрын

Genuinely warms my heart. Dude deserves it.

@cantwealljustgetalong2 5 ай бұрын

why does he deserve it?

@g.pearson4726 Ай бұрын

This was so beautiful He seems like a really nice man Wishing him the best

@usaverageguy 7 ай бұрын

To be clear. I own two EVs and love them. But every suggestion made in this video will cut deeply into his bottom line. He is driving to feed his family. Not to feed Elon. I hate to say this. But he would be more profitable driving an ICE.

@davidpacholok8935 Ай бұрын

Damn! You sir took the words out of my mouth! He's just being set up for another Big Bill next year. Me? I've already had the 2 happiest days of my life. The day I bought my beautiful new Bolt and the day I gave it to my niece who just needed an around the town car, shopping, picking kids up from school. She does fine with 50 or 60 miles a day.

@GeorgeSchneider8889 Ай бұрын

A hybrid car

@thebarkingmouse Ай бұрын

@@GeorgeSchneider8889 probable better with a plain Jane 4 cyl accord or camry.

@victortillamillamonster4083 10 күн бұрын

The previous video he explains that switching from gas to electric was like night and day foe him and he doesn't want to go back to gas. He thinks he got screwed over with an early model tesla. But that a newer model has fixed the issues that he experience but that he unfortunately got the short end of the stick with an early model. Hence he is super happy to get a new model since he really enjoyed the first one

@GeorgeSchneider8889 10 күн бұрын

@@victortillamillamonster4083 You are misinterpreting what he said and you clearly don’t understand what it means to earn a living by driving.

@khuo0219 7 ай бұрын

glad to be a part of it. I hope this turns out to be a net positive story for Tesla owners of all types.

@MikeDeezy_100 7 ай бұрын

A great update just around the holidays. Thanks to all that made this possible for him. It’s nice to see some good in the world.

@medawson01 7 ай бұрын

This is wonderful! I almost cried.

@tomstraveling2672 7 ай бұрын

Hi. I donated previously to the gofundme for Dobson. Watching this video I think you all are reading too much into one data point. Sometimes there is a less than perfect battery pack and placing it under stress like this will cause that to become apparent and fail. Like any car part that was less than perfect. The solution is simple. Drive for the 1 year with the new battery pack warranty. Charge at home to 80%-90% then do one supercharger during the work day to 80% making sure the battery is preconditioned as appropriate. If there is no significant battery issues after 1 year, keep this Tesla. If you want to upgrade after 1 year for whatever reason, get an LFP battery Model 3. Charge to 100% overnight at home then do 90%-95% on supercharger (precondition as appropriate) during the day when running the ride shares so you get home at 10%-20% left. You will be fine. No need to run two cars. Don't over complicate the matter.

@marianbadea369 5 ай бұрын

This guy is such a genuine person!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@timtreadaway8303 7 ай бұрын

So cool. He seemed so very nice and a genuine guy. Could not be helping out a nicer person.

@Alexzw92 7 ай бұрын

16:20 that is really annoying that Tesla is giving out mixed messages. On one hand they show data that supercharging does no more damage to a battery than charging at home. And then you have techs out there telling people not to supercharge more than 2x per month. That’s stupid. (I’m a TSLA shareholder)

@Mrtomtomman2000 7 ай бұрын

This summed it up pretty well if you are going to be mainly supercharging this will degrade your battery a lot faster. The best for Dobson is stay with his current model 3 for a year whilst the battery is in warranty and put another 100k on the battery. Try to supercharge maybe once a day between 30 to 80% to be on the safe side and then mainly charge at home. After a year get the LFP Model 3, which hopefully will be the refreshed model 3. I think weighing all the options are good. Maybe it might be good to create a community on X where people like Dobson can share their findings and the rest of us can have input too. We will then have an up to date report to share with everyone including Tesla, which will hopefully push innovation.

@Sindrijo 7 ай бұрын

If supercharging is such a concern at some point it starts making sense to just buy two cars and rotate between them during the day and obviously only do trickle charging.

@monkeysuncle2816 5 ай бұрын

@@Sindrijo ^this. I watched a video that said for OPTIMAL battery longevity, start charging about 65%, and no higher than 85%. While this isn't an option for a 300 mile a day driver like this, this method is reportedly able to reach usable lifespans of 23 YEARS.

@andyzegerman 7 ай бұрын

It is so much fun to give, warms my heart to see him.

@pjdambra 7 ай бұрын

Kim you are awesome for organizing this for Dodson. Tesla needs to treat its customers with more compassion. I love My Teslas but although I’ve personally had good luck with them, I’m afraid to drive without any warranty protection. This is why I traded my 18 M3 for a 23 MY.

@LuisSantos-bp5pk 7 ай бұрын

Great work Kim! So glad you got the money for him!. By the way I think it would be easier for him to just lease the car from Uber instead of buying it.

@gnkstudios6138 7 ай бұрын

They gave you a Model S Dobson, because the Tesla team saw Kims videos lol

@fredbecker607 Ай бұрын

It might be a version of better customer service. He shows a good attitude, and their product failed him. Gave an upgraded loaner.

@ojobee 7 ай бұрын

You guys are kind souls. Thank you. Teach him to open a channel too produced by you guys.

@mike168168 7 ай бұрын

Regarding the battery charge habits, I think Tesla is trying to not mention it as much as possible. People already have range anxiety with EVs. Add the potential battery issues some of them might skip EVs altogether.

@gileneusz 7 ай бұрын

first of all - buy Model Y with LFP Blade batteries - they charge crazy fast, so for a taxi driver, it's super important

@radicalrick9587 7 ай бұрын

*OMG! I just looked at how long this video was and I can't believe I actually sat through that whole thing! It didn't feel like it was that long.*

@dwaynejava 7 ай бұрын

Wow... Kim... you are pretty awesome. You are inspiring me. This is humanity at its best. Helping this man out... I might donate a little myself.

@dyhppyx 7 ай бұрын

Kim thank you for trying to get answers. This is frustrating for sure. I’m a scientist and this issue still puzzles me. We need to know from the engineers who designed the battery because the data is conflicting. Fast charging should hurt the battery but the data we have so far isn’t showing the damage I would expect. Maybe that’s due to the cooling system. Maybe the heat from an extended 80-90% charge cycle is causing an issue. We don’t have enough data to know. I personally have 174,000 miles on my 2018 3 performance nmc and usually supercharge once a day up to 60-70%. Everything is still working for now but who knows.

@chrisharvey3202 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing the info on your 2018 M3. Its good to know you can get 174,000 while supercharging daily, even if it is only to 70%.

@dyhppyx 7 ай бұрын

@@chrisharvey3202 I've charged it higher many times like 94% etc but just giving an average.

@EVMANVSGAS 7 ай бұрын

I'd say start out at 100% charge with a new LFP model. Once it is getting low, supercharge to the minimum you need for the rest of the day. Then when your day is over go home and slow charge it to 100% overnight. Then repeat. You shouldn't need to charge that high at the supercharger to finish the day and it shouldn't be nearly as bad on the battery.

@rcpmac Ай бұрын

Well some strategy like that might be helpful. He did mention in the previous video that he supercharges 2x daily

@DrEarbuds 7 ай бұрын

This is the most important information Tesla can gather from the field from a real driver . Stress testing Batteries doing ride shares . LFP batteries is a good option on paper but it haven't been tested by Dobson yet

@TheRealEdgarSantana 7 ай бұрын

I’m actually ahead of him I’m testing it now. I bought a Tesla model y brand new 2023 a month ago already at 10k miles

@chrisharvey3202 7 ай бұрын

@@TheRealEdgarSantana I think supercharging daily will cut even LFP battery in half. Level 2 charging is the key to long battery life.

@winstonallthingselectrical837 7 ай бұрын

I still stand by my suggestion of a 2019 or 2020, Model S or X 100D or long range... with the 8 year unlimited mile warranty on the powertrain and battery... You can find them for under $40k now... So happy we could help him out!!! He seems like a really awesome guy!!!

@rcpmac Ай бұрын

Wow that’s a fantastic idea! Also, is there legacy free supercharging on early models?

@JeanPierreWhite 7 ай бұрын

Dobson for President!! Now he has the money to reimburse him for the replacement battery we need to give more so he has enough to put down on a new Tesla with LFP battery so he can trade in his current Tesla. Tesla reaching out to look at the battery again has clearly nothing to do with the last video. ;-) I hope Tesla chooses to put a new battery in as a goodwill gesture, they've got the $9k, taking care of Dobson is the right thing to do. If Tesla can't bring themselves to do the right thing, then they should put a new battery, it will be in their best interests to do so the next video is in their favor.

@franklong6269 Ай бұрын

I was touched by the gofundme gift to this guy. He seems to be a good guy, with a family. I admire his diligent work ethic. He definitely needs to get the LFP Model 3. It is a FAR more durable, long-lasting battery. I have the 2022 Model 3 with the LFP battery with 77,000 miles on it. It has the LFP batteries, the FSD computer and matrix headlights. It has approximately 96% of its original capacity. I just bought it used, but so far, it is doing really well. I have put about 500 miles on it so far. The range goes down in the heat. But I am guessing I would get around 225 miles on a full charge. This is less than my 261 range, but AZ is very hot, and I drive fast.

@t.r.766 7 ай бұрын

Dobson there will always be people who will never get in a car with out a driver. Getting two Teslas could be the best answer for your business.You can write off the expense or better yet lease the cars.

@Aundra34 7 ай бұрын

I’m still getting 94% after a year and 4 months. I drive to Nashville from Atlanta about once a month. I try to supercharge from 20 to 60% and plug in at my mom’s house and the same for my return. I’ve made 4 trips to Louisville and once to Miami. I have 39,696 miles driven on my ’22 Model X long range. I usually charge to 70-75% for daily driving.

@addicusbrown 7 ай бұрын

So I watched this video and the previous video this morning. My 2022 Model 3 LR started telling me not to charge past 80% last week (we charge to 90% overnight at home). Then it stopped charging at all. Got it to the Tesla Repair shop today and voila... The battery is dead at 35,000 miles. Getting a replacement battery under warranty. I asked if it's new or refurbished and they think it's a new production pack. I have only supercharged the car a few times in 2 years. Our 2017 Model S 75D has 106k miles without a battery issue.

@troublelessone7999 7 ай бұрын

what a great gift right around the holidays.. that's why I subscribed. Kim your channel is so thoughtful.. I'm so glad to be one of the donors, and love what you're doing to help this man.

@ItsKimJava 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for donating and your kind words!

@heatherschandera8403 7 ай бұрын

guy has 2020 RAV4 hybrid 440,000 miles on Reddit still on original nickel medal hydride battery still getting 40 mpg when you drive very high miles just drive a Toyota hybrid saves on gas and very reliable also to replace hybrid battery only cost 5k then cars good as new Tesla only good for average driving only Toyota made for high mileage drivers

@carholic-sz3qv 7 ай бұрын

Yeah! Literally I see most I mean all Uber and a lot of taxis here in Germany are all Toyotas from Corolla to Camry to rav4 to yaris all hybrids. Even the super old Prius plus from 2013 are still mostly on the roads.

@christyjackson9814 7 ай бұрын

Love this! Great job Kim and PJ.

@taiwoegun1288 7 ай бұрын

9:38 dude the community as a whole learned a lot from this guy and his testing. I’m sure Tesla gained a lot of knowledge from it too. More to come.

@cb8850 7 ай бұрын

Love it! You rock, Kim!

@budgetaudiophilelife-long5461 7 ай бұрын

VERY HAPPY 🎉 FOR DOBSON 🤗 Just a fyi A new model Y is easier to get in and out of for old people… and has more room to haul luggage with the hatchback🤗👍💚💚💚

@MrArtist7777 7 ай бұрын

Good to point out that Dobson's original battery, in his M3, was defective, Tesla NMC batteries last MUCH longer than what he got. Yes, the LFP batteries have longer cycle lives but, they have lower range so if your compare mile-to-mile cycle, the NMC is very similar to the LFP. LFP does sound better for him though, with his almost-constant charging and discharging.

@fineartz99 7 ай бұрын

Supremely high marks of earned generosity from all the Tesla Community!

@cellman1829 7 ай бұрын

What a humble guy and you Kim and your husband are great people because of this I am going to subscribe to your channel. Thank you to both of you to making good content.

@brendykes1202 7 ай бұрын

I already do one of Kim’s ride-share suggestions. I drive one EV until the battery is low and if I need to keep going, I switch to the other EV. MYLR & Bolt. Neither is charged to 100% and DCFC is rare outside of road trips. I am concerned about the MYLR battery warranty. 58k miles in two years.

@widgeonrblx8543 7 ай бұрын

Yall are the best tesla KZfaqrs out there 🎉

@grahamfowke 7 ай бұрын

Great video and a very worthy cause - but as said by several others, perhaps Tesla should step up and at least change the battery for free or provide a new car for Dobson to continue to promote through ride shares. Just a thought on the Supercharging - does Dobson select the superchargers as a destination as he is going to supercharge so that his car can know to precondition the battery for Supercharging. My guess is that he knows all available supercharging destinations so drives there without use of navigation and turns up at the Superchargers without the battery preconditioned, which may cause additional stress on the battery. Keep up the great work Kim and PJ!

@anmarams 7 ай бұрын

Yes, having two Teslas is a must for a full time driver - working with one while the other one slow-charging at home. So it's like swapping batteries on the go which is what the robo-taxi procedure is most likely going to be like. Plus reducing wear and tear on both cars, hence longevity.

@djplonghead5403 7 ай бұрын

Makes sense but rather expensive.

@rahuljha3965 7 ай бұрын

Everyone is not privileged as muskitior

@ConorPorter 6 ай бұрын

$70k-100k is your solution to the battery problem?

@mistymu8154 Ай бұрын

Some of these suggestions of getting a second Tesla as a solution is just complete dillusion.

@Teslacustoms 7 ай бұрын

Tesla community comes together and good to see to go to a nice guy! Love to see people still coming together despite media and politics trying to tear us apart! 😊

@ap114 7 ай бұрын

You guys are great.

@Lestat1759 5 ай бұрын

Good to know that there are still lovely people out there like you ! 🥰

@MrCPPG 7 ай бұрын

Kim you are such a sweet person for helping him out. I am glad I am a subscriber.

@commuterbranchline8132 7 ай бұрын

Wow, amazing support from the Tesla community! I wonder if you guys would support a ‘Dobson Drives?’ Quarterly update or a stand alone channel? The new 2024 M3 SR LFP has an 11% increase in range due to improved aerodynamics. That would ne just the ticket 👍

@bones23jones 7 ай бұрын

Good ideas!

@PLATINUM2U 7 ай бұрын

That is awesome 😎

@FlockoftheGreyShepherd 7 ай бұрын

I heard that LFP should be charged to 80% for maximum longevity too. The 100% charge at least once a week recommendation is just to calibrate the state of charge / mileage estimation.

@LittleSpot 6 ай бұрын

I think this M3 from Dobson has a NCM Battery. So it has only 1000 cycle till 80% DoD. Charging twice a day means 600 cycles in 300 days. LFP would be much better it has more than 3000 cylces

@Aundra34 7 ай бұрын

He could supplement home charging by supercharging to 50-60% before home charging. It should be easier on the battery at the lower percentage.

@arubaga 6 ай бұрын

Exactly. Supercharge to 60%, then slow charge it to 80%. This should protect the battery for this Uber driver.

@TeeNorbu 7 ай бұрын

Amazing people. Good job Kim. 👍

@SinSGone 6 ай бұрын

I love it when hard working people get a break.

@laurentiupetre5620 7 ай бұрын

Now you can buy the Camry back 😂

@bobtay8847 7 ай бұрын

Kim, when I was purchasing my 2023 Model 3 Standard Range, the technical staff and the rep. adamantly told me not to charge at super charger more than once a week at the most. This was six months ago. I am trickle charging at home 90 percent of time, and occasionally I add 30 percent at supercharger just to get my battery acclimated to such high amp. That again is once every two weeks adding only 30-35 percent.

@Turtle3000 7 ай бұрын

As someone who relies solely on the Supercharger network, I’m scared now. I was led on to believe it was okay. I live in an apartment and I don’t think I can get home charging. I charge 2-3 times a week. Roughly every 2-3 days. :/

@DarthDeth 7 ай бұрын

Well what you can do now is make sure you don’t charge to 100% often and keep state of charge between 40-60%

@Luie28x 22 күн бұрын

Your videos always entertain, thank you for everything you do! 🤗🤗🤗

@Fraser2929 4 ай бұрын

I need a friend like Dobson in my circle. He's a great example of how to deal with hardships❤

@wgs256614 7 ай бұрын

Where is the GoFundMe link? Would love to help hardworking Dobson!

@ItsKimJava 7 ай бұрын

In description and pinned comment . Thanks!

@Sunrise_blueSky 7 ай бұрын

Model 3 2022 LFP rwd 96k mileage and still 263miles at fully charged. Even it dropped to 234miles at one point but it came back up later slowly with a slower charge.

@Flyingwigs 3 ай бұрын

This is a tidbit i think they missed in the video, the LFP battery management system uses coulomb counting for state of charge readings. By letting the battery get to 100% for longer periods, it calibrates the management system. Without regular calibration it can lose track of battery state and give you an underrated range. The comment about lost range didn't say how he was charging, was it to 100 regularly? 🤷

@AdrianRoncea-od4qy 5 ай бұрын

honestly the hybrids are the best solution for today because battery technology is not developed enough for those kinds of usages,I dont think that gas powered vehicles will dissapear because of this.

@sunshine0282 7 ай бұрын

It says in fine print: you cannot use the 6 mo free charging promo for rideshare. Yeah Tesla definitely needs to hire Dobson to test the robotaxi. And NO Tesla or any other EV company will never tell you these truths straight up - this would be bad for their business. Regardless, I, and we all should, still support Tesla. They'll get it right at some point in time. Or, a newcomer will.

@SvnnyMoney 7 ай бұрын

yeah that hybrid/half and half plan sound really good to me. that way youre putting half the miles and wear and tear on a car instead of it all being loaded onto one vehicle.

@evotorentals 7 ай бұрын

Amazing story. Dobson is a champ! I think it boils down to cycles. Every technology from DVD players to EVs have a number of cycles it will run. Even the eject button had a number of cycles. This could be 10,000 cycles or 100,000 cycles. Supercharging twice a day will cut the time it takes to do those cycles in half.

@MarcesAurelius 7 ай бұрын

swopping-out between two Teslas, sounds interesting and has the consideration of higher insurance costs

@cp6027 7 ай бұрын

Exactly, this is not good for the bottom line of his business.

@mcunha81 7 ай бұрын

Home charging seems to be 2021 LR 3 battery happiness,lol ,in 2 years and over 30k Miles ,I've only lost .6 of a % of battery deg. Charging 99.9% at home .

@Muzobeats 7 ай бұрын

Elon needs to see this

@onemanmedia73 4 ай бұрын

amazing work .... dobson what a decent guy

@Stone815 7 ай бұрын

This is great. The Tesla community is the best!

@3rreid 7 ай бұрын

Hi i really appreciate these videos with this guy and his experiences. I have a 2017 nissan leaf 40 KW bat, doing ride share also with no active battery cooling lol. I try not fast charge more than 2 times a week. I like the suggestions abt having 2 tesla or a tesla n a hybrid which the later is what i have, but i dnt alternate them. Still learning n u guys helped me a lot.

@brandoni.stanford6277 7 ай бұрын

This was great! Way to mobilize your community

@Maddack 7 ай бұрын

Should Tesla add a "supercharge slowly" option, at least when the supercharger has plenty of stalls free?

@anmarams 7 ай бұрын

There's already that, called level 2 and level 1 charging speed. But for an Uber driver, waiting longer to charge is not for his benefit, lose time equals lose money.

@Maddack 7 ай бұрын

@@anmarams I was thinking max 75 kW when you have plenty of time.

@kellystover9835 6 ай бұрын

😢❤ you made me cry. what a blessing you are. i’m in the sane situation . you did such a beautiful thing.

@neilufe 4 ай бұрын

Tesla model s 2020 built in January and under has unlimited mile warranty 8 years powertrain and motor.

@robertmorgan2219 7 ай бұрын

Blame the Consumer = not the thing to do, consumers are never to blame for designed in points of failures

@samr6148 6 ай бұрын

Very informative and interesting. Thanks for sharing!

@Dubitz 7 ай бұрын

22:30 I also have a late 2021 Model 3 SR+ with the LFP batteries here in NJ, and after 50k miles (normal commuting with occasional once-every-other-month Supercharging) I've lost about 15 miles of rated range at 100%, from 250 miles at time of purchase to now 235 miles. Current EV batteries are like Goldilocks if you think about it, they want to be kept 'just right'. Like you stated in the video, for best life expectancy for EVs it's all about keeping the batteries "healthy" all the time. The main culprit is allowing them to get too hot, too cold, or left at too high SoC or too low SoC. Charging batteries rapidly causes them to get very hot, and this is the main culprit in Dobson's ride-share situation. DC Fast Charging every once in a while is completely fine, but doing it every day (let alone multiple times per day) is absolutely straining the batteries and lowering their lifespan in the long run. Dobson's situation is very new and unique. If money was no option, I think he should keep his current 3 and also get a new LFP RWD 3. This way one can charge at home at Level 2 speeds, use the other until it gets low, & go back and switch cars to charge the other while he's out again. You've now eliminated the root cause of DC Fast Charging frying these EV batteries and will get so much more life out of them (at the cost of owning two cars though). Also like to add since it's mentioned at 28:56 that my LFP Model 3 has an 8 year 100,00 mile warranty. It was one of the first batch of LFP cars in the US before the "SR+" switched to "RWD" on the website (I got mine via a limited existing inventory that I think were battery packs shipped from Giga Shanghai and installed in Fremont 3s but don't quote me on that lol)

@whyworkwhenicanrap6830 7 ай бұрын

I want that dash cam

@emotopdx 7 ай бұрын

Awesome heartfelt story, so nice that the your community was able to raise so much for this guy whom is very appreciative. There was that report of supercharging and how it showed zero difference in battery degradation, was probably on the new cars though. I do think this video was a bit too long, I tuned out after 10 minutes.

@GlomerTorino Ай бұрын

He is so awesome and such a great person. He deserves that money and Tesla should have given him a brand new battery.

@t.shonoiki563 7 ай бұрын

Model Y long range is the way to go if you're doing a ride share with it. You're right about the EV being two. That was what I endup doing with my Nissan Leaf when I started using them in 2017. Now I still keep one Nissan leaf with my Model Y long range.

@cristianousa8833 7 ай бұрын

KimJava : Why doesn't he wait for the new model 3 long rang? I believe it would be a great option, he will have a completely new car with all the guarantees, including the Long Rang battery .

@everss02 5 ай бұрын

ugh, why didn't you get him a prius? this will just fail again. 9 gallons and full, a prius is the best.

@lyfandeth 7 ай бұрын

This is where Neo's concept of doing a battery SWAP, so the batteries can be charged when not immediately needed, starts to shine. The battery can be charged however is best, and still swapped into a car faster than you can charge it.