I have started doing some work on using certain tesla power packs from the secondary market as batteries for solar systems. There are some nice features like cooling and an available interface that make them a pretty good option. I'm trying to use them in a 24V configuration instead of 48V, because that saves a lot of money on switches and fuses, and we carry an inverter that works natively with those voltages. There are a few conditions and caveats, but there is a lot of promise for using them in a system to support a household or small grid once they are degraded from automotive use.
(i haven't read that article, but from another source)
i think this is fantastic
also, i thought i read where an analyst said that the largest demand for this type of product is in china
so it looks like a win-win situation
in a few years they could potentially go from the current number one emitter to a much better position
battery chem for grid storage isn't as limited as mobile tech too
roboting is hard
easier in factories or settings where pretty much all tasks/info are more or less known (closed end)
driving is an open ended scenario with almost unlimited variables, so it is much more challenging
this yt channel has been very straightforward regarding self/assisted driving
there are some very impressive improvements in the latest updated release
(see for yourself)
Tesla Master Plan 3, a clear path to fully sustainable earth with abundance.
If you have twenty three mins for this supercut, you will get an idea of how Tesla is building solutions.
you're lucky
lot of shots on goal with battery chem or energy storage
i say we go nuclear
i don't think you don't have to change oil or plugs on a reactor
but there's always tires and ball joints to fiddle with
I will say that Justine's Hybrid does fine in subzero temps. If the battery's weaker, the fuel economy should drop, but it really doesn't.
you're lucky
lot of shots on goal with battery chem or energy storage
i say we go nuclear
i don't think you don't have to change oil or plugs on a reactor
but there's always tires and ball joints to fiddle with
I wanted to hear from the victims of some of the more minor accidents, but they tended to fall into two categories, neither of which predisposed them to talk: They either loved Tesla and Musk and didnât want to say anything negative to the press, or they were suing the company and remaining silent on the advice of counsel. (Umair Ali, whose Tesla steered into a highway barrier in 2017, had a different excuse: âPut me down as declined interview because I donât want to piss off the richest man in the world.â)
He believed in this vision so strongly that it led him to make wild predictions: âMy guess as to when we would think it is safe for somebody to essentially fall asleep and wake up at their destination: probably toward the end of next year,â Musk said in 2019. âI would say I am certain of that. That is not a question mark.â
Generally I would agree but my commute is 50 miles a day and I could totally see having an all-electric for that, then the family van for longer trips. But yeah the range of the Honda Insight we borrowed a couple of times was impressive. Something like 600 miles on a 9 gallon tank.
How's the range on an electric car when the temps are 20 below?
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But how much can it tow? How much can it carry? What kind of range does it have when it's -20? Those body panels look like plastic; I get why they might do that (much lower tooling cost than stamped metal, which keeps the investment down) but how well will it hold up to the abuse it will get in the real world? How easy will it be to fix? What's under that bed cover and how easy does it come off? It's the shape of a pickup but does it function like one?
Building trucks is hard. Large, well-funded international companies who've actually done it before fail at it all the time. I wish them lots of success, but if I were a betting man I'd put money on this being vaporware and the company vanishing in a very stylish puff of dust.
this is a serious concern if you experience that kind of weather (i would hang on to my ICE)
i looked around a bit and depending on who you ask the answers vary
but they're not good especially if you're running the heater (twenty to forty percent?)
and who isn't running heat in freezing temps?
for fun i googled fuel cells and in extreme cold, they can suffer, but not like the battery tech tesla and rivian rely on
toyota and honda seem to be the leaders in this area
i get that this is first rev, but i'd like to see design from tesla more like the rivian
here's their pitch
Good luck to 'em.
They seem to have picked a market niche that's been well explored by other manufacturers: a vehicle pitched to the kind of people who appear in Red Bull ads. Young , hip, environmentally-conscious adventurers with oodles of money. Unfortunately for everyone who's been there before the people in Red Bull ads are imaginary.
There are quite a few people who buy pickup trucks, however, me included. I don't see much here to address the concerns we have. An electric pickup has some appeal: low maintenance, lots of power for things like winches or power tools, potentially really nimble 4WD, low operating costs.
But how much can it tow? How much can it carry? What kind of range does it have when it's -20? Those body panels look like plastic; I get why they might do that (much lower tooling cost than stamped metal, which keeps the investment down) but how well will it hold up to the abuse it will get in the real world? How easy will it be to fix? What's under that bed cover and how easy does it come off? It's the shape of a pickup but does it function like one?
Building trucks is hard. Large, well-funded international companies who've actually done it before fail at it all the time. I wish them lots of success, but if I were a betting man I'd put money on this being vaporware and the company vanishing in a very stylish puff of dust.
