More and more articles are showing that Tesla has a more agreesive taper than other manufacturers and this is starting to reduce Tesla's 5-7 year claimed lead.
Bjorn Nyland recently placed the Audi ETron GT at the top of his 1000Km challenge for example.
Essentially the Audi claimed the win due to faster charging.
So, is this because Tesla have been caught using the "wrong" battery chemistry, wrong as in other chemistries have leapfrogged Tesla in this regard and can cope with a less aggressive taper?
Or, is this Tesla using signifiantly cheaper chemistry in order to save cost, which is necessary for them to compete with established big auto?
Or, are other manufacturers being forced to push the envelope to compete with Tesla and by overly aggresively charging their batterie,s they are storing up future problems for themselves with cell degradation for the future, eg as Tesla have already found by having to cut the maximum cell voltage on older bateries?
Bjorn Nyland recently placed the Audi ETron GT at the top of his 1000Km challenge for example.
Essentially the Audi claimed the win due to faster charging.
So, is this because Tesla have been caught using the "wrong" battery chemistry, wrong as in other chemistries have leapfrogged Tesla in this regard and can cope with a less aggressive taper?
Or, is this Tesla using signifiantly cheaper chemistry in order to save cost, which is necessary for them to compete with established big auto?
Or, are other manufacturers being forced to push the envelope to compete with Tesla and by overly aggresively charging their batterie,s they are storing up future problems for themselves with cell degradation for the future, eg as Tesla have already found by having to cut the maximum cell voltage on older bateries?