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Old 4th June 2015, 05:02 PM
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>> It's 7104 of the below to be exact (possibly slightly modified)

Yep, they order these batteries, but without any leak/explode/foolproof protection technology in them. Just a bare battery. Protection is realised differently from the outside. Economies of scale But still the old battery technology. Nothing new here.
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Old 4th June 2015, 05:45 PM
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…which is why they are building the Gigafactory in Nevada:

http://www.teslamotors.com/gigafactory
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Old 4th June 2015, 07:05 PM
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Thanks for posting the battery swap video, it was impressive.
So is that a D4 they are racing against? Interesting choice, the picked a car with the biggest tank around

Anyway, future is cold fusion when they figure out why it works and how to mass produce the reactors.
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Whoever can successfully crack hydrogen powered vehicles will make a fortune. It has to be the future.
Audi have developed mixing water with co2 taken from the atmosphere to make Desiel so it's carbon neutral depending on where you get your energy for the making of the fuel?
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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......
Iv mentioned on more than one occasion about chatting to Bosch and the proposed ideas about impressed stock in service stations, battery leasing and swapping at service stations.
That coupled with the proposed transport infrastructure of selected charging points along major roads suggests that the plan is in place for electric vehicles to be the future of motoring.
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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......
Why rely on the Grid? - with (increasingly efficient and cost effective) solar panels, combined with local storage (like Tesla's Powerwall), you don't necessarily need the Grid
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Seemingly Tesla was not content with having the fastest accelerating 4 door production car in the world. So decided to build a even faster one! 90kw dual motor capable of 0-60 in 2.8 seconds..!!

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/0...kdailyinvestor
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. Existing owners will pay about $5,000 for the upgrade
Is this going to be just software upgrade or software + new battery?
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Old 17th July 2015, 11:00 PM
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Is Mr Musk chasing the Veyron acceleration? I think it does 60mph in 2.4s?
Good luck to him I hope he catches it. Just goes to show how easy it is for electric cars, I mean look at what they had to do to get the Veyron to that level, crazy amounts of engineering and I don't even want to think about the maintenance, and its only a 2 seater.
Model S is a large 4-seater family car and its going to be almost as quick. Only lower top speed.
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Only lower top speed
I guess that's great deal due to 1 speed gearbox, apparently they wanted to make Model S 2 speed first but backed out of it. There is no confirmed reason for it but it's widely assumed that they could not get a gearbox that would survive instant torque for continuous use in the required size/weight envelope.
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