Tesla ranks almost dead-last on Consumer Reports reliability list

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24. The recent issue didn't prevent people from starting their cars.

It simply shut down the phone apps that allowed you to remotely control things in the car. Like heating the car while still in the garage on a cold morning. The cars themselves would start and drive as normal.

If the power goes out in a storm? You'd have a few hundred miles of range to use. That's a week of local driving. An electric car can a least be used as a backup battery for the house. Ford's F-150 EV will do this, and others do it as well.

BTW - during power outages, gas pumps won't work either, because they also run on electricity. So gas cars aren't much better off in that situation.