EV Battery Replacement Costs? Meh — Tesla Batteries Designed To Outlast Their Vehicles

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 08:54:56 +0000

One of the bigger concerns many consumers have had about buying electric cars is that the big batteries that power the cars will need to be replaced after a few years, at very high cost. That may have been a legit concern initially, especially because without electric cars that had … [continued]

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Tesla Model 3 Crushes Original Tesla Roadster — Like A $70,000–100,000 Car With Cost Of Toyota Camry Or Honda Accord

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 07:32:39 +0000

As you may have seen by now, 7 year Tesla insider David Havasi and I have been getting together in recent months to talk about the deep history of Tesla from an insider (David) and outsider (me) perspective in a podcast and video chat series called Tesla Inside Out. The thing that triggered this chat was recent data from BloombergNEF showing that battery energy density has nearly tripled in the past decade

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Tesla Model 3 Crushes Original Tesla Roadster — Like $70,000–100,000 Car With Cost Of Toyota Camry Or Honda Accord

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 07:32:39 +0000

As you may have seen by now, 7 year Tesla insider David Havasi and I have been getting together in recent months to talk about the deep history of Tesla from an insider (David) and outsider (me) perspective in a podcast and video chat series called Tesla Inside Out. The thing that triggered this chat was recent data from BloombergNEF showing that battery energy density has nearly tripled in the past decade

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Consumer Reports On Tesla’s “Superior Energy Efficiency”

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 03:48:35 +0000

In an article published by Consumer Reports, the nonprofit and independent organization that focuses on truth, transparency, and fairness in the marketplace, had a lot to say about Tesla and its competition. “Tesla is facing increasing competition, but its batteries and superior energy efficiency give it an edge,” writes Consumer Reports

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CATL-Built Tesla Model 3 Battery Pack Will Use Prismatic Cells

Credit to Author: Chanan Bos| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:31:48 +0000

Tesla will seemingly use prismatic lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries from CATL in its Made in China Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus

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Tesla Shanghai Model 3 May Go Cobalt-Free Using CATL’s LFP Cells — Diving Deeper

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:37:54 +0000

Tesla is in talks with battery producer CATL to supply lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) cells for the Shanghai-made Tesla Model 3, according to a report by Reuters

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Tesla Gigafactory 3 Has ~7,000 Battery Packs In Stock For Chinese Model 3 Production, Will Use LG Chem Cells In 2020

Credit to Author: Chanan Bos| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 07:43:56 +0000

Tesla’s Gigafactory 3 was built in a hurry because both China and Tesla had a lot to prove to the world, and if anyone was betting against Elon, they lost and joined a very long list of people who doubted Musk and were proven wrong

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Tesla Gigafactory 3 Has ~7,000 Battery Packs In Stock For 2019 Model 3 Production, Will Use LG Chem Cells In 2020

Credit to Author: Chanan Bos| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 07:43:56 +0000

Tesla’s Gigafactory 3 was built in a hurry because both China and Tesla had a lot to prove to the world, and if anyone was betting against Elon, they lost and joined a very long list of people who doubted Musk and were proven wrong

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