"This fact, as well as other problems with Tesla's battery pack, is the real reason for Tesla's continuing delays (with the transmission problem excuse being largely a smoke-screen)....Tesla's senior executives have admitted to at least some of their customers (from my communications with them) that they expect the battery pack's calendar life to be about 4 years and definitely need replacing by 4 or 5 years."
A smoke-screen? So this means the multiple different transmission suppliers and different transmissions have been part of some conspiracy? Tesla for sure has had two different transmissions (the two-speed and the one-speed, both which can be verified because auto-magazines have tested both) and are now working on their final third one. Tesla Motors has actually, explicitly stated that batteries haven't been a problem for them at all. they made a whole blog post saying that the battery pack wasn't the reason for delays. On the FAQ section, they claim a loss of 30% performance after 5 years and 50k miles. According to ProEV, they said this 30% loss should only be in energy capacity, not power output. On 3/9/08, Al Lococo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Charles, > > I guess I didn't know what I meant. I have a car with 12 - 120 lb. AGM > batteries and power checq equalizers. The pack weighs 1440 lbs. I wwould > have used NiMH batteries if I could have found a supplier. Andrew has a > physically smaller pack that weighs 600lbs. His car goes 2 to three ttimes > the distance of mine with better acceleration. > > I'm not an engineer, I know he's got something, power or energy, that weighs > less and fits in a smaller space that makes his car go further and quicker. > > I think the NiMH batteries are somewhere inbetween in terms of space and > weight properties. > > I hope this clarifies, in home conversion hobbist, terms, what I meant. > Thanks for takeing the time clarify the facts for me. > > Cheers, > Al Lococo > > > _______________________________________________ > Florida EAA mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.floridaeaa.org > _______________________________________________ Florida EAA mailing list [email protected] http://www.floridaeaa.org
