Very interesting website. I'm encouraged so far. The best chart is the one that shows capacity vs miles. More like that are needed as well as cap vs time.
I think the issue regarding the cells is whether those going into the Teslas are, in fact, consumer grade cells. I've seen numerous references stating that they are similar to laptop cells, but none saying that they *are* laptop cells. For example, Tesla could be buying the cells from Panasonic (or whomever) but specifying some small changes to give them better characteristics. Anyone know the real answer? The other factor is, I'm fairly certain, that Tesla has a much better BMS than most laptops. Is that significant enough by itself? Peri -----Original Message----- From: ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Sharpe ZCW Sent: 08 October, 2013 11:43 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Range >I did said "most" cells. And "most" cells go into various consumer >products, that pay negligible attention to cell life. I'm sure this is >part of the reason for short life. Sorry but I'm not sure why we are discussing "various consumer products" on EVDL... I assumed your comments were related to cars... Is that incorrect? I assume you've seen the recent PIA battery study which shows how well 'commodity' cells are performing in Tesla cars; http://www.pluginamerica.org/drivers-seat/battery-study-updates Regards, Kevin Sharpe | Founder & Patron | Zero Carbon World _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
