Kevin Sharpe
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ah, I see now.... here's a trip I make on a regular basis;So yes, it's about 6 hours total, somewhat more in the winter months.
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ah, I see now.... here's a trip I make on a regular basis;So yes, it's about 6 hours total, somewhat more in the winter months.
I think if there is a big enough demand - more chargers will come up.EVNow, if you make those trips on a regular basis don't you think that sooner or later there are going to be enough EV's that you'll risk having to wait for a chargepoint?
Very interesting info -- though I wouldn't characterize "2%" as "emergencies only." Still, this clearly rules out driving SF-LA-SF every weekend (unless you drive ~40k miles a year, and these are your only supercharging events).Also they only expect the 60Kwh and 80Kwh owners to quick charge ONLY in emergencies. They expect supercharging for those battery packs to only happen 2% of the time during the entire life cycle of the battery. So don't be planning on supercharging everyday.
Regardless, this new info makes me rethink getting the second 10kW charger.
Tesla should also think about having the ability to dial back the 90kW Supercharger to, say, 50kW that could be used fairly regularly (such as my SF-LA roundtrip example) without serious battery degradation.
Regardless, this new info makes me rethink getting the second 10kW charger.
I'm not sure about the accuracy of this information. If this is indeed true - what is Tesla's plans for the future ? Will they continue to rely on batteries that can't be charged even at 1C ?Also they only expect the 60Kwh and 80Kwh owners to quick charge ONLY in emergencies. They expect supercharging for those battery packs to only happen 2% of the time during the entire life cycle of the battery. So don't be planning on supercharging everyday.
This is because supercharging regularly will actually kill the battery and they obviously don't want that. The Nissan Leaf has a smaller battery pack and different chemistry so it can quick charge more often than the Tesla battery packs.
The "West Coast Green Highway" initiative is installing level 2 chargers up and down the west coast. WA state is also installing them east-west across part of the state.
Not in terms of QC. Toshiba's SCiB can charge in 5 minutes - and last 1000s of cycles. They still need to get the cost down, though. Since the market for $80K cars is rather limited, EVs will smaller batteries but capable of QC will likely form the volume market.Yeah and the future isn't here yet. I mean to say that Li-Ion won't be the technology that will be able to do that.
Not in terms of QC. Toshiba's SCiB can charge in 5 minutes - and last 1000s of cycles. They still need to get the cost down, though. Since the market for $80K cars is rather limited, EVs will smaller batteries but capable of QC will likely form the volume market.
Not sure - Honda Fit is supposed to have that battery. There was some talk earlier of VW using thos ebatteries - not clear what the current status is.Isn't this the battery in the i-MiEV?
While some electric vehicles adapt third-party battery technology, ours is Mitsubishi all the way. To ensure world-class performance, we initiated a joint venture between GS Yuasa, Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsubishi Motors to create a dedicated company called Lithium Energy Japan. The goal? To engineer a high-performance lithium-ion battery specifically for the Mitsubishi i.
Vanadium batteries are intriguing. A lot of companies are reasearching them (apart from DBM).I guess we will also be checking what DBM and A123 are doing these days...
ps : According to Mitsu - they use GS Yuasa batteries.
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