I understand the engineering theory behind this line of reasoning, but I think in practice it has not played out this way. I guy I work has driven his Model S around the Midwest to the tune of 50,000+ miles a year for a couple of years now performing onsite service to our customers with no battery related issues. Nissan Leaf owners wish they had it so well. Their cars have been riddled with battery problems primarily due to the lack of a thermal management system. The difference in the experience has nothing to do with the size of cells or number of connections.
I do agree with you that a solution with less possible points of failure and all other engineering being equal is the one to pick, but those are not the choices that consumers are being given. The Tesla is a very well engineered car and there is enough real world results to know that the battery pack is not an issue. Tesla batteries are doing well into the multiple hundreds of thousands of miles territory. Damon ________________________________ From: EV <[email protected]> on behalf of Mark Hanson via EV <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 8, 2018 12:45 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Mark Hanson Subject: [EVDL] Why I Won't Buy a Tesla Aside from the high price the main reason I wouldn't buy a Tesla is they're the only manufacturer that has uses 6800 flashlight batteries (2170) in an onroad vehicle. I just think of all those points of failure and the complexity of monitoring that reduces reliability. While Consumer Reports gave it high marks for handling etc, they gave it a low score for reliability. Currently they send a "Tesla Ranger" out to your house for a battery field repair as this cost is built into the price of a pricey car. I don't know how this business model will work on lower prices $30k versions. I'm surprised the media doesn't mention the thousands of itty bitty cells in a Tesla and that no one else does it that way for reliability reasons (even with each one fused) Have a renewable energy day Mark in Roanoke Va https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=Www.Reevadiy.org&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd1f13bec89f84c61f95108d62d569ce1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636746247348859395&sdata=9u1itIUVA0QwLP8tNAlr57Aj2s6YhE9qLlDg2IHtfz8%3D&reserved=0. Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.evdl.org%2Fhelp%2Findex.html%23usub&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd1f13bec89f84c61f95108d62d569ce1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636746247348859395&sdata=4SYlWP%2BUUMnSJQt%2F%2FDWX51BQv9sCcACimWUqcmIhwt0%3D&reserved=0 https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.evdl.org%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Fev-evdl.org&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd1f13bec89f84c61f95108d62d569ce1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636746247348859395&sdata=2U1wk1sC7RsFVcvTV4G1FMF5Jj8cW8O21s1o2ApRSfk%3D&reserved=0 Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgroups.yahoo.com%2Fgroup%2FNEDRA&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cd1f13bec89f84c61f95108d62d569ce1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636746247348859395&sdata=KJ%2Bb7hY6Sb9q7wgtQhhLQ2iHqJA12Gv8fN15ARjgF9Q%3D&reserved=0) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20181008/4dc24a50/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
