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The door itself and the plastic bit are a minor part of the weight savings, I think most of it would come from what's just on the other side of the connector: W
by Rebelgecko 3y ago
The door itself and the plastic bit are a minor part of the weight savings, I think most of it would come from what's just on the other side of the connector: With NACS you can throw everything onto the 2 aluminum bus bars in the vid, whereas CCS has a whole octopus of copper (relatively heavy and expensive) cables coming out of it
- vel0city 3y agoIt's two extra wires. Two extra wires going a few feet. Let's say those two wires are 2lb/foot (that's way heavier than actual, but let's be generous here) and they need to go 6 feet (also, probably doesn't really go six feet, let's be generous). That's maybe 12lbs of extra stuff. On a 4,500lb car. 12/4500. 0.2% difference in mass in a car with regen braking. You think that's enough for a difference in range? I routinely get groceries weighing more than that. There's no effective difference in my range. I don't even have a noticeable hit in range with just a solo driver or four total people with bags, a difference of probably 600lbs or so. The Lightning range estimates don't really change much with several hundred pounds of stuff in the bed. You really only start seeing range hits towing, and that's mostly because you're adding a lot of drag and extra rolling resistance with more tires. I don't think the charge port is making that much of an impact on the range. Motor design and placement, aero drag, suspension, tires, battery size, inverter efficiency. These things will affect range, but not 12 extra pounds.
- Dylan16807 3y agoTo have specific numbers, the wires for AC charging would be 2-8 gauge depending on max speed. So the three wires would weigh 1-3 pounds total for six feet of cable.