Tesla Launch of Pick-Up
Elon Musk, mentioned that Tesla is ready to launch a "kick-ass" pick up next year. My son works at Tesla and this is just a confirmation of what he told me in secret a few months ago that their lab...
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ShinerBock wrote:Why wonder. Reserve your Semis and Tesla engineers from the energy division will set you up.
Hmm, five superchargers to charge one truck. I wonder how many it would take to charge a fleet of 50 or 100 in a window of just 10 hours. Or how much energy will be needed. Or what will happen to these batteries after five to seven years(bigger EV batteries don't last as long) since it is currently not economically feasible to recycle Li-on without subsidies and there would be too many out there to re-use with the projected market share. I guess we can bury them somewhere in California.
That is an odd assumption on large batteries because everything I read the larger the battery and longer the range is actually lower stress on the battery. Note Tesla give a longer battery warranty on the larger battery.
Usually it is the smaller battery that works harder.
I also disagree the battery is not recyclable or rather reusable as a stationary battery were energy density is not as critical. There are even some batteries getting installed as RV house batteries.
Too much diesel exhaust.
