Dang luckily Elon identifies as a Republican now since they have a track record of having to shell out a shit ton of money because someone was forced to look at their penis.
@fstoppers that battery management system lost track of its charge level, and it assumed it was at 100% and turned off charging (ostensibly for safety), even though the battery was actually dead. By force charging you provide charge for the device to work and effectively reset the battery.