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The video says "500-mile range at GVW [gross vehicle weight, I assume] & highway speed", and Musk explicitly says "that's 500-mile range at maximum weight at hi
by waterhouse 6y ago
The video says "500-mile range at GVW [gross vehicle weight, I assume] & highway speed", and Musk explicitly says "that's 500-mile range at maximum weight at highway speed, 60 miles an hour". Roughly 06:36 into the video.
And on the subject of charging, it claims "400 miles of charge in 30 minutes" around 13:15.
- hajile 6y agoOver 4 years or so, batteries that have never been supercharged are at about 90% capacity rather than 80% for frequently fast charged vehicles. Given the rapid decline of batteries in their final months, that could be equaling an extra couple years of usable life. That's an issue in a car, but a massive deal in a semi where they need much, much larger batteries with much, much larger replacement costs. The real solution here should have been battery exchange contracts. They make facilities to slow-charge batteries and semi's pay per mile or kw he put on the battery. The would be much better for the environment. It would also enable Tesla decreasing the up front cost by moving some of that cost into charging fees to encourage adoption. https://www.geotab.com/blog/ev-battery-health/ https://www.geotab.com/blog/ev-battery-health/
- SECProto 6y agoThere are a ton of factors that go into battery degradation, not just speed of charging. Also, it varies dramatically depending on the manufacturer - the 4yr/80-90% doesn't line up with real world data from Tesla: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1270784295733301249?s=19 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1270784295733301249?s=19