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Well the article says that the battery capacity has gone from ~100kWh to ~200kWh… so I think they’re actually talking real increased battery capacity?
by robbiep 5y ago
Well the article says that the battery capacity has gone from ~100kWh to ~200kWh… so I think they’re actually talking real increased battery capacity?
- TaylorAlexander 5y agoI am wondering if, when Tesla sells a car as "100kWh", that is the available capacity (80%-20%) or if the total pack capacity. There would be reasons why they would want to go either way. But I think the biggest difference is probably that there are known high capacity chemistries with shorter longevity, which can be safely ignored for a one off test to drum up press for investors.
- avianlyric 5y agoTotal battery capacity. Tesla are know for not hiding battery capacity, and instead using UI to strongly hint you shouldn’t charge past 80% under normal usage. The exception to this rule is cars sold with a lower capacity, where the battery is capacity is software locked. But that’s a market segmentation thing, not a battery protection thing. I also think there was only a short period where this happened on the Model S. These days Tesla has the scale where it’s more economical to have multiple battery versions for each capacity, than it is to reduce manufacturing complexity with fewer SKUs (and software lock the battery).