Welded. By a robot. Solder is a terrible idea if any heat at all is anticipated because it loses all structural integrity when melted. In fact solder is used as slow blow thermal protection in relays. High heat brazing would do better, but you can't heat the cells that much.
Here is a close up. http://files.wizkid057.com/teslapack/2014-08-19%2019.12.44-1280.jpg Here is a bunch of images of the pack. https://www.google.com/search?q=Tesla+pack+teardown&rlz=1C1AOHY_enUS710US714&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi__-qJsqXTAhWHdSYKHVw1DRwQ_AUIBigB&biw=1325&bih=898&dpr=1 On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 8:53 PM, ROBERT via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > With all the discussion about Tesla batteries, how do they attach all the > thousands of batteries together? Soldering, welding? > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20170415/9008f5d7/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -- To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. Warren Buffet Michael E. Ross (919) 585-6737 Land (919) 576-0824 Mobile and Google Phone [email protected] _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
