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> Especially when companies like tesla put the same pack in all their cars and determine your "capacity" in software. This is an enormously exaggerated stateme
by giobox 3y ago
> Especially when companies like tesla put the same pack in all their cars and determine your "capacity" in software.
This is an enormously exaggerated statement, bordering on entirely false. Yes, the company has done this from time to time, including on some current Model S/X models, but the vast, vast majority of Tesla cars sold (the 3/Y) almost always have a different sized battery pack in reality, not just in software (~50kwh or ~75kwh - there is genuinely ~1/3 less cells in the 50kwh cars almost always).
The Model S/X sell in very tiny volumes, relative to the 3/Y too. There absolutely is not the same pack in "all their cars". Even the type of cells used varies between model packs, typically 2170/4680 in the 3 or Y, 18650s in the S/X. I think there are even some BYD blade batteries in some European Y variants, but I'm not as familiar with the German or China made cars.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoGood to know. I must be mistaken from the other incorrect coverage I've seen around the web. I have no experience with electric cars, much less disassembling/repairing them.
- shoelessone 3y agoThis is very interesting, I held the same general belief as the person you're responding to. Any chance you have a source for this info?
- giobox 3y agoJust use Google or Youtube... This isn't some secret information, this is widely known among EV enthusiasts. Even reviews that weigh the car will illustrate the different sized packs - the 50kwh cars are of course lighter too. EV fans obsess over the cell form factor and battery chemistry much like combustion car fans know the internals of car engines. Tesla's own presentation videos (also on youtube) talk endlessly about the new battery cell form factors they've introduced too and which products they are applied to.