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so it's a fuse that costs $5k or $10k. is it made from 5oz-10oz of solid platinum? what am i missing here [1]? [1] http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3D...
Tesla's seems to be beating a dead horse! Don't get me wrong; I love what Tesla does but making a faster production car seems to be an answer to the critics who I think have already taken home the message that the electric car is as fast as the best IC car! I think what they should address is getting out the affordable Model 3 as fast to the market as they can. They may loose the game if the incumbents beat them to i…
I agree, but I doubt this project took any manpower or resources away from the Model 3. If anything, it'll generate some extra cash to help with their R&D.
Tesla's seems to be beating a dead horse! Don't get me wrong; I love what Tesla does but making a faster production car seems to be an answer to the critics who I think have already taken home the message that the electric car is as fast as the best IC car! I think what they should address is getting out the affordable Model 3 as fast to the market as they can. They may loose the game if the incumbents beat them to i…
Should that happen, my guess is that they would be quite happy to sell their batteries to everyone else.
Tesla's seems to be beating a dead horse! Don't get me wrong; I love what Tesla does but making a faster production car seems to be an answer to the critics who I think have already taken home the message that the electric car is as fast as the best IC car! I think what they should address is getting out the affordable Model 3 as fast to the market as they can. They may loose the game if the incumbents beat them to i…
Should that happen, my guess is that they would be quite happy to sell their batteries to everyone else.
so it's a fuse that costs $5k or $10k. is it made from 5oz-10oz of solid platinum? what am i missing here [1]? [1] http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3D...
What you are missing is that it's a 1500A fuse. Source: http://jalopnik.com/the-tesla-model-s-just-got-upgraded-to-l... > While working on our goal of making the power train last a million miles, we came up with the idea for an advanced smart fuse for the battery. Instead of a standard fuse that just melts past a certain amperage, which means you aren’t exactly sure when it will or won’t melt or if it will arc when i…
Tesla's seems to be beating a dead horse! Don't get me wrong; I love what Tesla does but making a faster production car seems to be an answer to the critics who I think have already taken home the message that the electric car is as fast as the best IC car! I think what they should address is getting out the affordable Model 3 as fast to the market as they can. They may loose the game if the incumbents beat them to i…
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What you are missing is that it's a 1500A fuse. Source: http://jalopnik.com/the-tesla-model-s-just-got-upgraded-to-l... > While working on our goal of making the power train last a million miles, we came up with the idea for an advanced smart fuse for the battery. Instead of a standard fuse that just melts past a certain amperage, which means you aren’t exactly sure when it will or won’t melt or if it will arc when i…
At high levels of current it takes pretty drastic measures to break the circuit. Even if the conductor melts away you can still have arcing, turning the air into plasma and a replacement conductor. Kind of nuts that they had to account for that in a car .
Earlier quoted context omitted.
What you are missing is that it's a 1500A fuse. Source: http://jalopnik.com/the-tesla-model-s-just-got-upgraded-to-l... > While working on our goal of making the power train last a million miles, we came up with the idea for an advanced smart fuse for the battery. Instead of a standard fuse that just melts past a certain amperage, which means you aren’t exactly sure when it will or won’t melt or if it will arc when i…
What a fantastic read! I wonder if they get any tech or materials from SpaceX?
So I'd say yes, at least on the tech transfer part.
Amazing, that's as fast as the Lamborghini Aventador https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Aventador