I can tell you've never driven a older Land-Rover (the kind you see in safari movies).Better brakes don’t shorten emergency stops. Even the worst brakes are sufficient to drive tires to their traction limits.
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I can tell you've never driven a older Land-Rover (the kind you see in safari movies).Better brakes don’t shorten emergency stops. Even the worst brakes are sufficient to drive tires to their traction limits.
Adding any structural components internal to the exterior enclosure of the battery "box" defeats the purpose. The beauty of the structural battery over the structural pack is that the metal cans together transfer the stresses to the exterior frame thereby doing double duty. The are strong enough to withstand the internal forces of the battery during charging and discharging as well as transferring external forces as the chassis tries to flex.Well you've got 10mm to work with (4680s wiring & cooling plate) and i don't think the current 3/Y modules need more than 5mm per side. Cooling is integrated in the module, hook it up at the front/ back of the pack instead of the cooling plate. Add in some I-beams between the modules...
This is all ballpark engineering guesswork. Whether the details fit, only Tesla knows. And it certainly needs development effort.
We'll see once Berlin/Austin start production.
I'm wondering what FUD they'll put out tomorrow, because even though everything -- every lie, every spin -- has already been said, I'm sure they'll come up with some BS
Why would you bother subscribing when all the news that's fit to read is here?I think you have to be a Mac / iPhone user to subscribe to Apple News
And even lots of "news" that isnt fit to read.Why would you bother subscribing when all the news that's fit to read is here?
Lol, whatever tomorrow may bring, today they're in love with the 50-d Moving Avg.that moment short before market close, when you catch yourself thinking,
There are some benefits to tall and narrow from a seating ergonomics perspective. It also gives you more glass to electronically switch into a display screen then you are in a boring tunnel. Cross winds can be problematic. FSD could solve that.My guess is very few. I can recall how quickly the pre-WWII style cars (tall and narrow) went after the 1950's style cars (short and wide) arrived. You looked at the older cars and thought "Oh, old car". Now it will be "Oh, old truck".
Yes, the structural battery is the best/most efficient solution.Adding any structural components internal to the exterior enclosure of the battery "box" defeats the purpose. The beauty of the structural battery over the structural pack is that the metal cans together transfer the stresses to the exterior frame thereby doing double duty. The are strong enough to withstand the internal forces of the battery during charging and discharging as well as transferring external forces as the chassis tries to flex.
Speaking of internal forces, look at the sh!tstorm than GM and Hyundai are going through currently with their pouch style cells which can never be used as a structural element. They actually are designed to flex as the internal pressures of the cell expand.
This had something to do with the Samsung phones catching on fire too AFAIK. I'm no expert but I have to wonder if the issues of allowing dendrites to puncture the separator membranes resulting in the battery fires is due to this flexing that occurs inside these pouch cells. IMO, pouch cells due to the nature of how they allow this expansion and contraction internal to the cell chemistry's is a design flaw that the cylindrical cells address.
Or the yellow Fiat X/19 my ex owned back in the mid 90's - this car had many endearing quirks, like coolant fluid splashing out of the dash onto your legs while driving, or the gearstick falling through the bottom of the car, phantom windows, random headlights, etc.I can tell you've never driven a older Land-Rover (the kind you see in safari movies).
I wish I could figure out people like that. Was it originally a short position gone bad? A negative interaction that caused a cycle of antagonism? Jealousy?
Nothing special at all about a "frame structured" 2170 pack, it is just the regular pack, currently used in Model Ys.But the best part is no part.
KISS, as they used to say. No particular need to complicate things waiting for the soon-to-come solution, IMHO.
It's not really as if Tesla needs more money quick, is it?
Though I confess I would prefer my MIE MY sooner than later ... But a good one, please!
It slow speed has felt the same to me too - But looking at this weeks drone videos there does appear to be a lot of work done on the paint shop internally and that tends to be one of the items with the longest lead time to start production. Some examples from this week's videos. credit Tobias Lindh and flybrandenburg
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The casting machine area feels like it's taking forever with still no roof on the building - but there appears to be two machines installed - which should be plenty to get production under way given that is the same amount as they have in Fremont and they are pumping out vehicles there.
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The BiW and GA facilities have plenty of work to be done
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Yes, but no sooner!Nothing special at all about a "frame structured" 2170 pack, it is just the regular pack, currently used in Model Ys.
Berlin will be ramping, so initial production volumes will be lower, but it is important to start ASAP.
And people actually believed it when it broke.....never fails to amaze me how 'smart' people are these days. Let's see...trust the German Economic Minister or seedy journalists??? your choice.EXCLUSIVE: Tesla Giga Berlin isn’t facing a 6-month delay: German Minister
Tesla Giga Berlin is the electric automaker’s first European production facility, and it is slated to begin production of the Model Y crossover later this year. However, reports out of Germany indicate that Tesla’s German EV manufacturing facility is poised to be delayed six months due to...www.teslarati.com
However, Economic Minister Jörg Steinbach, who has been one of Tesla’s most vocal supporters in their quest to open the German facility, isn’t buying the six-month delay story at all. Steinbach still believes Tesla is on pace for a late-Summer or early-Autumn start at Giga Berlin.
“I don’t have the faintest idea of how anyone can come up with a six-month delay. If nothing happens out of the ordinary, I still expect a start of production in late Summer or Early Autumn.”
-Jörg Steinbach, German Economic Minister
They could present things at the Earnings Report in a way that would paint the picture in crayon for the analysts who can't quite figure it out on their own.This is so dumb. Car and Driver claims Tesla still not making money building cars because they look at earnings after all the deductions and completely ignore the fact that before stock based compensation (and other deductions), they made a ton of money. I'm glad CleanTechnica is busting this myth, but the fact that the myth is still so pervasive is annoying.
Tesla Myth: "Tesla Is Losing Money Making Cars" - CleanTechnica
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Around the end of April, Car and Driver reported that Tesla “continues to lose money making vehicles,” which is completely opposite of the truth. The article noted that Tesla shared good Model 3 and ...cleantechnica.com
I suspect that Tesla has made a strategic decision to use different cell formats within externally compatible packs.Yes, the structural battery is the best/most efficient solution.
The structural pack is about an alternative without affecting the rest of the car. To be used until sufficient structural batteries can be produced. Identical external dimensions and connections and sufficiently matching physical properties.
In model 3/Y the pack is currently carried like luggage, without a significant positive effect on the vehicle structure.