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ainarssems 2nd June 2015 10:45 AM

Tesla battery swap
 
Following the Tesla testdrives at the annual meet you might want to watch this video on youtube showing the option to swap the battery instead of waiting for it to be charged.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5V0vL3nnHY

Delboy 2nd June 2015 11:06 AM

Quite a good comparison for this demographic +++

This is exactly what you and I were talking about at the meet, at the time I didn't know that Tesla were doing this.

Once this process becomes mainstream, and even better if the various manufacturers all shared the same battery tech making it more cost effective to roll out across the country we should see the Electric car sales take off exponentially.

Better hope the Grid can keep up......

tonupkid 2nd June 2015 04:34 PM

The interesting thing about mass uptake of electric vehicles is the way they could provide a place to store the excess power that comes from our power stations and wind farms. Similar to the Cruachan or Snowdonia pumped hydroelectric power stations.

Also.......
Toyota are launching a (remarkably hideous even for them) hydrogen fuel cell car.
If this approach can be made to work, and if takes off, it has the potential to be a bigger step forward than the pure electric battery cars.

The future is with us

Conquistador 2nd June 2015 09:56 PM

Whoever can successfully crack hydrogen powered vehicles will make a fortune. It has to be the future.

tonupkid 2nd June 2015 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Conquistador (Post 94652)
Whoever can successfully crack hydrogen powered vehicles will make a fortune. It has to be the future.


I've been cracking methane for years :eek2:

HPsauce 2nd June 2015 10:47 PM

Surely, whoever can make petrol from electricity will be the winner? :ROFL:

After all, it "should" just need CO2 from the atmosphere and water plus some energy........

Edit: It's been thought of before of course..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20003650

Delboy 2nd June 2015 10:51 PM

An interesting comparison

http://tonyseba.com/toyota-vs-tesla-...tric-vehicles/

IT 2nd June 2015 11:06 PM

20bhp more than the standard R8 V10 plus..... and still slower to 60 than the Tesla....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-R8-5-...item46381bdd08

Prettier though admittedly...

:D

HPsauce 2nd June 2015 11:11 PM

Isn't the C7 RS6 we were driving on Saturday more powerful than that? 578PS vs 570?
Heavier, obviously.... but only 0.1 secs slower to 60mph.

moltuae 3rd June 2015 09:12 AM

I didn't realise the Tesla was an aluminium (or, as the Americans would say, Aloominum) vehicle, like the A8/S8.

Found this new video interesting, posted on YouTube yesterday:

How it's Made - Dream Cars - Tesla Model S
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMdZ8FCDJ9w

Just goes to show how heavy those batteries must be: Lightweight aluminium body, no big heavy engine, smaller (presumably?) than an '8 and yet it weighs, what, something like 2.2 tons?

Imagine how much faster it will be when better battery technology brings lighter batteries!


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