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The article makes it sound like this sensor is only to avoid the handle itself heating up to the point that it would burn the user.
by TomatoCo 2y ago
The article makes it sound like this sensor is only to avoid the handle itself heating up to the point that it would burn the user.
- mitthrowaway2 2y agoIt might be. Often the most restrictive thermal limit most products face is for touch safety (50 ~ 80 C, depending on the material's thermal conductivity and the extent of contact). For a handle that will be quite restrictive, because you'll be firmly gripping it. The materials themselves would probably survive substantially higher temperatures before failure. I'd guess that the first to fail would probably be adhesives and plastics, but they'd be engineered to survive hot days in direct sun, even if the handle gets too hot to touch safely. (Disclaimer: I don't work for Tesla, and did not design the supercharger cabling, this is educated speculation).