mzpolo
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The best gifts Elon could give shareholders on Thursday would be a vision for a historic expansion in the scope of charging available in an easily understandable way (all Wal-Marts, McDonalds and Starbucks).....
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The best gifts Elon could give shareholders on Thursday would be a vision for a historic expansion in the scope of charging available in an easily understandable way (all Wal-Marts, McDonalds and Starbucks).....
Of course Tesla could via an OTA update provide ALL cars with full turn-by-turn navigation plus many improvements because all nav features are firmware based. It doesn't matter that there are non-Tech Package cars out there that currently just have maps and no nav, they can be updated to full nav via an OTA update.If this update is to affect all Model Ss, that would include cars without the tech package. So the update can't be Nav related as we don't have it.
He is speaking generally, and saying that in general for personal transportation people will rely on Superchargers and pack swapping will not become common place for personal transportation because it's not needed.Interesting that he qualified "non commercial traffic". LA superchargers are routinely hogged by limo companies .... Going away?
I have not dissected, but logic says those posts are baloney and computer is the same. It would cost Tesla much more to ship different units, given low cost of components. I'd trust those who say it is software limited.As far as Nav goes. It is my understanding from other posts (though I've never seen anything official) that for those without the tech package, adding Nav was only possible if you had the premium sound option. Otherwise it required a $5,000 hardware upgrade of the center screen/computer to support it. Of course this requirement may not exist if this ends up being completely new Nav software, unrelated to the existing 3rd party Nav.
Since I have one of those rare Teslas without tech or sound, I was wondering, what is the actual hardware difference between mine and all the others? Anyone know? less memory/slower cpu/less flash?
He is speaking generally, and saying that in general for personal transportation people will rely on Superchargers and pack swapping will not become common place for personal transportation because it's not needed.
Projecting into the future, for commercial traffic, meaning trucks, pack swapping will often make sense because time is money. Unless a trucker is stopping to eat or sleep, a pack swap would be b better than waiting for a charge.
Think big. Someday commercial trucks will be electric.
And of course they will be driven on Auto Pilot.
*Psst* - It's called a "train"Think big. Someday commercial trucks will be electric.
And of course they will be driven on Auto Pilot.
Tesla Superchargers provide 170 miles of range in as little as 30 minutes
I just found out that that the latest GEN2 (ASY,CHRGR,GEN2) are rated for a lot more, they are rated for 45A out instead of 30A and the input range is higher too. I would estimate the rating to be around 16.6kW (370V x 45A).
I don't know if it makes any sense and its just pure speculation but...
The internal Model S charger GEN 1 are about 11kW (370V x 30A) (nothing new).
I just found out that that the latest GEN2 (ASY,CHRGR,GEN2) are rated for a lot more, they are rated for 45A out instead of 30A and the input range is higher too. I would estimate the rating to be around 16.6kW (370V x 45A).
Just a remember that a Supercharger cabinet has 12 of those.
Basic maths:
Imagine a Supercharger cabinet with
Gen1 chargers: 12 times 11kW = 132kW (label says 135kW)
Gen2 chargers: 12 times 16.6kW = 200kW
If they found a way to increase the max charge rate (currently at 1.4C) to 2.3C then we could see increased charging rate.