Recent content by AntronX

@wk057 How does this battery failure affect those of us who use Model S modules for offgrid solar storage with 3rd party BMS? Is cell voltage monitoring alone enough to catch and prevent this thermal runaway failure? Are you concerned with your house solar battery being at risk? Edit: found...

The body diodes in mosfets will passively rectify back emf induced current without any intervention from electronics. If battery is left connected, above certain speed this current will begin charging the battery. I assume if towed long enough the battery can be overcharged unless BMS cuts the...

Maybe @Ingineer can re-enable supercharging. I remember him mentioning that he will unlock any salvage car that Tesla disabled. I curious how much he charges for that.

You can tow charge already by putting the car in drive and getting towed. No different than coasting down a steep hill.

I must say, I've been entertained tonight.

Its almost 2018. We still can't reliably stream video online. Why can't Tesla just use youtube live next time?

Wow, this thing is a beast! Looks like something out of broadcast transmitter site. What made you go with big iron transformer and not high frequency SMPS design? What is the standby loss?

Nice to see you still around. What are you working on these days? Did you complete the BMS for your Telsa modules?

$1.6B loan guarantee, not actual cash. Uncle Sam only pays if Vogtle is cancelled. This allows Oglethorpe to get much better interest rate on private loan since US Govt assumes failure risk and the creditor is guaranteed to get their money back. VC Summer did not have federal loan guarantees.

100mi in 9 minutes is only 186kW charge power, not that exciting. No cables and no inductive "method" of charging sounds like below the car power rails. Oh and the car's face is hideous looking btw.

I meant two reactors at Diablo Canyon. 18 TWh per year vs. 4.3 TWh of enabled excess future renewables from this hydro project.

I think concern over environmental impact of two man made lakes is overblown and ridiculous. But hey, it's crazy California where they are shutting down two perfectly fine nuclear reactors which generate over 4 times clean energy than this proposed facility, because now warm water is a pollutant.

There is 1300 MW ~ 20 GWh of potential renewable energy storage capacity right under your noses at Eagle Mountain pumped hydro project located on the site of the inactive Eagle Mountain mine, in Riverside County, California. At $2B project cost and 20 GWh of maximum storage capacity, it comes...

Try to keep it below 60% charged when not needing the range. Avoid the practice of "topping off" the charge, for example charging to 90% after using 20% and so on. Lithium batteries degrade faster at high state of charge.

Recent bill: $224.93 1814kWH 12.4c/kWh, FP&L Florida. EV use was 341 kWh.