James May's Tesla Model S has failed!

James May has had his Tesla Model S for a while, and until now there have been little-to-no issues with the big electric saloon car. But after taking time away from the bunker to film the next episode of The Grand Tour, a gremlin has crept into James' EV. Let him explain...

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[jmsunemploymenttube]

To be clear, I set the battery to charge to 80 per cent. When I say 'fully charged' I mean the cycle is complete.

[imallfordabulls]

“It’s a bit boring this but I’m going to have to explain it all.”

I am all in.

[susanb.]

James May explaining anything is something I need to hear at least once a day.

[Jan_Iedema]

This video is basically whenever the grand tour cuts to black with “many hours later” and he’s still going

[Voltaic_Fire]

If only we'd invented some kind of device that physically locked a car but could be opened without batteries, something like a metal key.

[peanutbutterpancake]

The most interesting part is always right after James says 'this might be a little boring...'

[JF-pfhx]

Imagine your neighbor comes to you saying “Hey can you help me jump start my Tesla?”

[Antihochos]

"It was about and hour's work", what he described would have taken me three days. And Clarkson about three weeks before he got Caleb to do it.

[andrewcorcoran]

James is so well suited for YouTube. He's just great at everything.

[deanchur]

"The door won't open because the battery's flat"

We're reaching levels of design incompetence that shouldn't be possible, captain!

[TomTheXboxSeriesX]

This is the video where Hammond and Jezza would drive away without giving any help

[Kuskavak]

Dear lord.. my old e-golf had it's 12v battery die on me once. When I got in the car, the dashboard said: "The 12v battery is empty. Drive normally to charge it back up". Just that. The car still started with the big battery and after 5 minutes of driving the warning light turned off.

A very simple and elegant solution allowed by having a physical key.

[TCL_Dasler]

This is the perfect May video. Tech explanations, May using his engineering prowess to resolve the issue, solutions suggestions, sprinkled with borderline curmudgeonality disorder, all whilst wearing another item of clothing from a teenager's wardrobe. Perfection.

[VintageRKO]

James May better receive commission when Tesla eventually adds that battery charging connector

[vojtechpospisil]

The implementation of like comment subscribe at the end was hilarious, made me laugh my lungs out.

[presstodelete]

Clearly battery monitoring didn't factor into the design process - genious level thinking.

[mandalorianjedi]

“What’s that noise?”
That’s Tesla invalidating your warranty remotely via Wi-fi 🤣

[February]

This video shows why repairing cars cost so much and takes so long. I'm a mechanic and some cars are a big sandwich. You can't take "this" off without taking "that" off which is attached to "that" and "this" 😂

[milankuncak]

Instead of hating the designers he found the solution, this is why we love him so much. Thank you😊

[peterhuxley]

The trouble with so many things and I've worked on quite a lot of different mechanisms and fixtures is that it appears that the designers never have. They leave the assembly or maintenance to mechanics who have fight with the incompetence shown in this posting.