mmmm... I guess the devil is in the details and they could screw this up if they try hard.
I was getting excited envisioning a battery free-for-all, this is sounding more like a car dealership trade-in plan.. Salesman - "Ma'am, that old battery is pretty tattered. Looks like we can only give you 10% credit towards a new one. Will that be on your account at Tesla Financial, or would you like to pay the $35,000.00 in cash?" ugg On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Jay Summet <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > " Drivers who opt for the swap will have to eventually return to the > station to get their original battery back, and they'll have to pay > for the service once again. > > If they don't return, they can pay to have the 1,000-pound battery > shipped back to the service center nearest their home, or they can > keep the new battery they've had installed, a battery's efficiency > varies depending on its age. It is expected that the swapping stations > will be able to serve all future Tesla models, but not its original > car, the Roadster. " > > http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/21/autos/tesla-battery-swap/index.html > > > On 06/22/2013 01:30 PM, Marcus Reddish wrote: > > hmm, I must have missed that part of the plan. Do you have a link > > to that info? That introduces some strange inconveniences. > > > > What if you are moving across the country? > > > > The only way for Tesla to "test" your battery's capacity is to > > drain it completely (as the power source for the supercharge > > station filling other owner's batteries (or supplying the grid). > > And then charge it full while measuring capacity. > > > > So Tesla becomes more of an energy company than a car manufacturer. > > They become Exxon AND Ford. > > > > What about other manufacturer's? Will Ford or GM develop similar > > systems? > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Jay Summet <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > >>>> > >>>> Nobody worries if they get a dollar bill that is kinda worn > >>>> out. It will be gone soon enough and replaced with a crisp > >>>> new bill by the treasury. Tesla is acting as the battery > >>>> treasury. > >>>> > >>>> I am guessing the packs will be "maintenanced" at the center > >>>> and not just charged. > > > > My understanding was that you were supposed to come back the same > > route you left by, and get your original (recharged) pack back > > before returning home. [Or pay a large fee to keep the "new" pack > > based upon the difference between your original and the new > > one....] > > > > But a battery leasing program could also work well for Tesla and > > pack swapping. > > > > Jay > >> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: > >> http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing > >> discussion, please use NEDRA ( > >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > >> > >> > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlHGPgcACgkQSWJjSgPNbM8s8ACdF/hU920hKqcDTIfSG1qRebaZ > n8gAn2uocdtq1zzc9S4Y6aPUI17qAlo5 > =o0+1 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Marcus Reddish *North Valley Systems LLC* Stevensville, Montana 406-360-8628 northvalleyev.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130622/1c4ba14a/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
