Vehicle batteries

Hi Patrick,
I am sure that all the cases of normal usage are well taken care of in the vehicle.
It is the cases of component failure that give me headaches. Failures do happen and I prefer if they are not catastrophic.
These batteries should not produce more heat during charging than discharging.
My laptop charges in just over an hour and the batteries hardly warm up. These are the same type of batteries used in the Tesla.
We are talking Li-Ion and not NiMH or NiCd which are a whole different can of worms, they do get hot and the end of charge.

We are all still longing and waiting for an acceptable battery to show up.
High capacity, low weight, good security.
Up 'til now the trade-offs are still too big to make viable vehicles.
But the whole world of electrochemistry is racing to find a solution.
For the people whole first find that solution there will be riches!
Don

Long Report of Tesla Roadster

By: patrick_y : March 1st, 2009-21:37

This year, the March issue of Robb Report magazine announced its favorite car of this year. Every year, this magazine hosts a car contest where several judges are assembled in Napa Valley to sample choice wines from different vineyards and to drive cars f...

re: Tesla Roadster....

By: DRMW : March 2nd, 2009-00:12

Hello Patrick! If it's on a Lotus Elise chassis, they they show you the one leg in/ then butt in/grab the pillar & slide into the car technique? Does the roof attach/detach like the Elise too? -MW

Elise Chassis

By: patrick_y : March 2nd, 2009-00:44

The Tesla Representative didn't show me the technique, but I managed getting in and out of the car without exerting too much trouble. The roof does indeed detach and attach like the Elise. The Tesla features a targa type roof. Should you desire the roof t...

on BBC TV's Top Gear programme it didnt manage more than 50 miles

By: G99 : March 2nd, 2009-09:47

before the driver was left stranded. the 2nd one broke and the first one had to be pushed back then took 8 hours to charge. it looks good on paper and in pics, but so far i've not heard of a good test drive in UK. it would cripple me just getting into it ...

There was a big contraversy over this episode of Top Gear..

By: DRMW : March 2nd, 2009-10:43

The BBC actually admitted that the car NEVER ran out of juice but they claim that the episode reflected what could have happened . Clarkson said this: "We never said once that the car had run out of power. The car had to be pushed into the warehouse becau...

but he's my hero, how...

By: G99 : March 2nd, 2009-10:51

My Test Vehicle

By: patrick_y : March 2nd, 2009-12:39

My test vehicle had a computer screen that indicated all of the information about the vehicle. The car was about 70% charged when I got the vehicle. During my test drive where the car exhibited very aggressive driving, the car's computer said the car woul...

Patrick, i'm very glad to...

By: G99 : March 2nd, 2009-12:51

Patrick, i'm very glad to hear that the car is better than the british public have been led to believe. i and my 13 year old are top gear fanatics and yes it is just entertainment although the previous version with Jezza and Tiff Needell was more informat...

This is the domain where I have a small amount of competence, my bread and butter job. Written about 6 months ago my conclusion was: " The Tesla Roadster may get 365 km Reichweite under certain circomstances (note the 450kg battery weight) and charging in...

Tesla's Battery

By: patrick_y : March 3rd, 2009-08:42

I don't work for Tesla, but I can tell you that Tesla's battery department has taken the flammability of batteries into account. The battery system which comprises of thousands of batteries is enclosed in a special cooling system and the entire assembly i...

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