Tesla reveals Supercharger network, Free Fill Ups
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#2So painful that the actual article was buried because they used a different link:
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#3I was looking forward to this announcement and watched the live announcement. The most interesting/surprising parts of the announcement to me was:
1. Superchargers are already deployed in California. Nice work, Tesla, for building it out and proving it works.
2. The whole U.S. will be covered in a few years. Great for traveling cross country.
3. It's solar-powered. I wonder if they have a electricity backup... probably, my guess. But still impressive.
4. It will be FREE for Tesla owners. I don't know how they're pulling this off. To me, this was the most shocking part. How are they going to pay for construction, rent, etc, and still afford this? It's a great extra benefit for Tesla owners... to travel around the country for free (of course you need to buy the car and maintain the car, but still).
I wonder if the extra electricity generated from the solar panels will go into paying the rent for the spaces.
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#4It's this kind of hybrid (paid/free) model that solves the chicken and egg problem; the more common the fuel pumps, the easier it is for people to switch to electric.
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#530 minutes to charge...still puzzled why Tesla has gone with the recharge model rather than the battery swap model ala Better Place.
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#6I always felt the Wildcats 3.0 comic was cancelled way too early. Now I get to see it played out in real life by Elon Musk.
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#7I was looking forward to this announcement and watched the live announcement. The most interesting/surprising parts of the announcement to me was: 1. Superchargers are already deployed in California. Nice work, Tesla, for building it out and proving it works. 2. The whole U.S. will be covered in a few years. Great for traveling cross country. 3. It's solar-powered. I wonder if they have a electricity backup... probab…
It won't be free forever, but it's one less barrier to buying buying a Tesla.
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#830 minutes to charge...still puzzled why Tesla has gone with the recharge model rather than the battery swap model ala Better Place.
Because the battery swap model doesn't exist. It's a cool idea, but it's not right here right now.
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#9Ugh, tech reporting. Is there a original source for this somewhere? Theres some limited info at http://www.teslamotors.com/supercharger.
100 kilowatts good for three hours of driving
From the announcement video, it seems they are charging at 370V with a maximum of 225 amps = 83.25kW. So that 30 minute figure for half a charge is pretty real. The cost for one such charge would be approximately 3$ with industrial prices for electricity. Given that you can feed solar power back into the grid at rates above or equal to what normal customers pay for their electricity, I could see them making break-even on this when discounting the initial investment (which will pay back hundred-fold in adoption rate for their cars).
Re: Tesla reveals Supercharger network, Free Fill Ups
#10I was looking forward to this announcement and watched the live announcement. The most interesting/surprising parts of the announcement to me was: 1. Superchargers are already deployed in California. Nice work, Tesla, for building it out and proving it works. 2. The whole U.S. will be covered in a few years. Great for traveling cross country. 3. It's solar-powered. I wonder if they have a electricity backup... probab…
3. It's solar-powered. I wonder if they have a electricity backup...
It's grid electric powered. The canopy doesn't do much.
Let's calculate:
Guess that the canopy for each bay is 7 by 4 meters, 28m^2
Sunny spots receive about 4kWhr of solar power per square meter per day.
Solar panels might be 25% efficient.
Total daily power: 28m^2 * 4kWhr/m^2/day * 0.25 = 28kWhr/day
Model S has an 85kWhr battery, half charge is 42kWhr.