'Tesla Supercharger L3 EVSE for UK motorways'
http://ecomento.com/2015/06/18/tesla-adds-liquid-cooled-charging-cables-at-supercharger-stations/ Tesla adds liquid cooled charging cables at Supercharger stations June 18, 2015 | Steve Hanley [video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W9rqsPjKCc Tesla Motors: Liquid Cooled Supercharger with Thermal Imagery KmanAuto Jun 15, 2015 Tesla Motors: Liquid Cooled Supercharger with Thermal Imagery -------------------------------------------------------------------- Showing the first Liquid Cooled Supercharger station in Mountain View, California. I wasn't in a position to record for a long period of time, however, even after measuring other cars cables that were plugged in for a while, they remained cool at approx ambient temps, regardless of charging rate!!! ] Tesla is always thinking three steps ahead of the competition. It says it intends to be selling “millions” of cars every year very soon. All those cars will test the capacity of the company’s Supercharger network. How do you charge an electric car faster? Increase the power flowing through the charging cable. But higher power generates heat. Too much heat and the charging cable becomes too hot to touch. The solution? Run propylene glycol, a common automotive coolant, through the charging cable to take away the heat. Liquid cooling for the charging cables has several advantages. For one, it allows the cable itself to be thinner. A thinner cable is more flexible and easier to handle, especially when it’s cold outside. Beyond that, liquid cooled charging cables can handle higher power. Higher power means faster charge times. And faster charging times will give Tesla a competitive edge in the future as other car makers bring their electric cars to market. The first Supercharger station to feature the new liquid cooled charging cables is located near Tesla headquarters in Mountain View, California. The new chargers look almost the same as the old equipment, except for a small row of air vents along the bottom that allow warm air to escape. One Tesla owner known as KManAuto used his thermal imaging camera recently at the Mountain View location to test how effective the new charger is. He found that the charging cable and the air coming out from the bottom of the charger were just slightly above ambient air temperature, which means the equipment was doing its job perfectly. Audi announced recently that its new R8 e-tron can accept charge rates of up to 150 kW; that’s more than any Supercharger can provide at the moment. But Tesla is obviously preparing the way for higher power charging in the future and liquid cooled charging cables will be an essential part of that. [© 2015 · ecomento.com] http://arstechnica.co.uk/cars/2015/06/tesla-finally-bringing-supercharger-stations-to-uk-motorways/ Tesla finally bringing Supercharger stations to UK motorways A legal dispute with Ecotricity meant that Superchargers were in hard-to-reach locations. by Sebastian Anthony - Jun 18, 2015 [image http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/06/tesla-superchargers-uk-2015.jpg A current map (June 2015) of Supercharging stations in the UK and Ireland. If you zoom in, you can see that none of them are on motorways. ] Tesla, following the settlement of a long-running legal case, is finally going to bring some Superchargers to the UK's motorways. Seven new Supercharging stations, all located at motorway service stations, are now in the process of being built, with more coming "soon." Heretofore, Tesla's somewhat anaemic Supercharger roll-out in the UK had mostly been located in cities; not exactly the ideal place to charge up your car for a long-distance drive. Some Superchargers were located near a motorway or main road, but not in motorway service stations. As reported by Engadget, the dearth of motorway Superchargers was apparently due to a legal dispute between Tesla and Ecotricity, a UK-based company that already had a large number of electric vehicle charging points across the country, including exclusivity deals at motorway service stations. According to a few newspaper and website reports, Tesla approached Ecotricity prior to the launch of right-hand-drive Model S in the UK, to try and strike some kind of deal to get Supercharging stations into motorway service stations. Seemingly, at some point that deal turned sour, with Ecotricity's founder saying back in May 2014 that "this is nothing more than an attempted smash and grab raid." Soon after, both companies hunkered down in litigation land, suing and countersuing each other. This week they finally reached an out-of-court settlement. Yesterday, somewhat suspiciously and/or coincidentally, both Tesla and Ecotricity published very similar blog posts. Neither post referenced the other company, instead focusing on their commitment to grow their UK electric vehicle charging networks. While the details of the settlement are confidential, given that Tesla is now allowed to build Superchargers at motorway service stations, it would appear to have got its way. There are currently 22 Supercharger stations in the UK, with lots more to come later in 2015 and 2016. Along with the seven motorway locations, Tesla says it's currently focusing on growing its presence in eastern England (where there are currently no Superchargers), and the west of Scotland (there's one Supercharger in Scotland currently, in Edinburgh). Moving into 2016, Northern Ireland and Ireland will also get their first batch of Supercharger stations. [© Condé Nast UK 2015] ... http://www.autoblog.com/2015/06/21/tesla-ecotricity-settle-supercharger-diferences/ Tesla, Ecotricity settle Supercharger diferences Jun 21st 2015 In with a bang, out with a whimper? After more than a year of tussling back and forth about the legalities behind establishing a high-powered electric-vehicle ... For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Liquid-cooled-Tesla-Supercharger-L3-EVSE-cables-Mt-View-CA-v-tp4676526.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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)
