Recent content by jumpjack

Maybe Marchionne is not able to read/understand numbers. I'll plot a graph for him: Data from http://www.mit.gov.it/mit/mop_all.php?p_id=19370

This battery package is a maintainace nightmare: how is Tesla supposed to repair a defective battery, if it has to destroy the glued cover to access the cells?!? There must be another method. I also wonder if there is some redundancy in such an high complexity "part", made up of around 10.000...

Does it exist a full diagram showing wirings and resistors for both CP and PP? Or a link to official standard?

Thanks, but unfotunately this is only the easy version. Actually we must take into account both rolling friction (m*g*Crr) and air drag (0.5 * rho * Cd * A), and I am not able to get any suitable equation: all equations I got give impossible results like t>60 seconds. Even considering only air...

I have some literature data for EVs: kg W Nm sec-to-60mph Chevrolet Volt 1715 63 130 9,0 smart fortwo electric drive 900 55 130 12,9 Mitsubishi i-MiEV 1185 47 180 13,5 Citroen zEro 1185 49 180 13,5 Peugeot iOn 1185 47 180 13,5 Toyota Prius Plug-in 1500 60 207 10,7 Renault Zoe 1392...