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Tesla doesn't make their batteries, they buy them from Panasonic.
If you have evidence that Tesla doesn't make batteries, perhaps you should alert their shareholders that the company is lying on this page: https://www.tesla.com/giga-nevada
Posts on Hacker News related to LiquidPiston go back 11(!) years. The most comments are on this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25450477 If this was going to revolutionize anything, it would've happened by now.
There’s a big INVEST NOW button with a very low dollar amount, and I like how they even threw in the line about being an immigrant from Ukraine as if to capitalize on current events.
I’m sure they’re not a “scam” though, just a poor investment.
The comparison to a 25HP Kholer on the main page is... something. Here's the 'brochure': https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5f6086e9bbbabd41a20f2984/642...
Less than half the torque at more than double the RPMs. And very low compression, I don't see how this can run diesel.
Posts on Hacker News related to LiquidPiston go back 11(!) years. The most comments are on this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25450477 If this was going to revolutionize anything, it would've happened by now.
I think any engine design that was popularized was backed by a car company, even the Wankel engine. If they want to make this design popular, they need to design products around it so their claims are proven. I mean I still don't believe Tesla's primary business model is cars; the competition is outselling them left right and center. Theirs is batteries and charging infrastructure. That's a huge market that can fuel…
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If you have evidence that Tesla doesn't make batteries, perhaps you should alert their shareholders that the company is lying on this page: https://www.tesla.com/giga-nevada
You're both right. Tesla doesn't make battery cells , they make battery packs. A battery pack is comprised of several battery cells, for example the Model Y has over 4,000 cells in its battery pack.
https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/22/everything-you-need-to-...
https://electrek.co/2023/04/21/tesla-update-4680-battery-cel...
hmmm.. still uses apex seals, would need seriously small tolerances to make it work effectively. Call me skeptical but I don't see how this is really any better than the traditional wankel/rotary design
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It's effectively an inside-out wankel, so the seals are stationary. This is a much easier problem to solve, and now you don't need to throw oil in the combustion chamber to lubricate the moving seals.
to me it still looks like its principally a wankel motor just with a few changes.
The video on the main page had me until they said their main focus now was on helping the U.S. empire's attempts to subjugate the rest of the world. If small form factors were a focus, how about off grid generators or the like. Leading with military applications does not inspire IMHO.
Which is probably why the military is interested in it.
If it runs on diesel all the better as they have pretty much standardized on JP8 for all their subjugation needs.
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I think any engine design that was popularized was backed by a car company, even the Wankel engine. If they want to make this design popular, they need to design products around it so their claims are proven. I mean I still don't believe Tesla's primary business model is cars; the competition is outselling them left right and center. Theirs is batteries and charging infrastructure. That's a huge market that can fuel…
I have this feeling that all of Musk's comnpanies are technology development ventures intended to support his primary goal of getting humans to live off-earth. Note: I am not defending his goal, or idolizing him. But consider: boring company: finance learning about tunnel construction; tunnels needed on moon or mars for habitation; solar cells: very useful on moon or mars; hyperloop: finance learning about vacuum sea…
apples? well he's just learning about agriculture, which we will need on Mars
toilets? well, people poop on Mars, too
overpriced AV cables? well, obviously Mars will need high end cables for stuff