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The only ones who aren't going to sign up for Tesla plug are the ones who run at higher voltages which the supercharger network doesn't currently support.
Oh also I just went on a 10 day vacation, I rented and drove a Model Y from Tampa to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and back, about 5k miles. I even slept in the Y every night except one. Maybe I'll make a thread about it
About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters. The automaker last year became so inundated with driving-range complaints that it created a special team to cancel owners’ service appointments.
During the 2020 Battery Day, Tesla introduced the revolutionary 4680 battery cells to the public. According to the presentation, the new cells were not only bigger but also more energy-dense thanks to their silicone anode technology. They were also supposed to be cheaper to produce due to a groundbreaking dry electrode coating manufacturing process. The latter was nabbed with the acquisition of Maxwell, a supercapacitor company that pioneered dry electrode research.
If you're unfamiliar, dry battery electrode (DBE) coating reduces manufacturing time tremendously, with significant cost benefits. However, the revolutionary process proved challenging to master and bogged down Tesla's battery efforts. And because Elon Musk is a stubborn individual, it also bogged down other battery companies, including Panasonic, as Tesla was adamant that the 4680 cells must be used in future models.
Tesla later sold Maxwell but kept the intellectual property associated with dry electrode coating and some of the people who worked on the technology. Among them was Hieu Duong, one of the lead inventors of the DBE process. Duong acted as Director of Electrode Engineering at Tesla and was widely recognized as one of the world's leading experts in dry battery electrode (DBE) manufacturing technology.
It's safe to assume that Duong has led Tesla's efforts in advancing DBE technology. During the third-quarter earnings call, Tesla confirmed that its 4680 cells, which were supposed to use the novel manufacturing process, are ramping up production at Giga Texas. The cell production has increased by 40% quarter over quarter, while the scrap from the 4680 production line is also down by 40% quarter over quarter.
The current 4680 cells produced at Giga Texas are of the second generation, with 10% higher energy density than those used for Model Y. They are dubbed "Cybercells" as they are mainly destined for Cybertruck production. Giga Texas operates four 4680 cell production lines as part of the "Phase 1" manufacturing facility. Phase 2 is also under construction, adding four more 4680 cell production lines to Giga Texas.
Still, what puzzled battery experts is that Tesla's 4680 cells still don't use the technological advancement introduced in 2020 during Battery Day. The silicon anode technology is not present on current 4680 cells, and there's still no proof that Tesla uses DBE in production. The efficient manufacturing process is now in jeopardy, as its lead inventor, Hieu Duong, has left Tesla to join AM Batteries, a small startup that aims to advance this technology.
Huong's departure was a surprising move, considering that AM Batteries has basically no revenue. The startup claims its dry electrode coating process is more advanced (paywall) than Tesla's. The startup is now in the process of scaling the technology to manufacturing. According to Stev LeVine from The Information, AM Batteries' method is cheaper, simpler, and can be manufactured faster than Tesla's tech.
Here we go, more superchargers at convenience stores. The locations of many Superchargers isn't ideal, gepgraphically they're putting them near highways and are well spaced out but a lot of them are at hotels, fast food reststaurants, strip mall parking lots, grocery stores, there's usually a convenience store nearby often within walking distance but pairing more superchargers with convenience store like they are with gas pumps is what we need more of.
Tesla is recalling nearly all 2 million of its cars on US roads to limit the use of its Autopilot feature following a two-year probe by US safety regulators of roughly 1,000 crashes in which the feature was engaged.
The limitations on Autopilot serve as a blow to Tesla’s efforts to market its vehicles to buyers willing to pay extra to have their cars do the driving for them.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the Autopilot system can give drivers a false sense of security and be easily misused in certain dangerous situations when a Tesla’s technology may be unable to safely navigate the road. The over-the-air software update will give Tesla drivers more warnings when they are not paying attention to the road while the Autopilot’s “Autosteer” function is turned on. Those notifications will remind drivers to keep their hands on the wheel and pay attention to the road, according to a statement from NHTSA
According to Kyle Conner the Maycan EV does the split battery pack thing that the Cybertruck does so it can charge better on 400V networks like V2/V3 Superchargers
FSD v12 is starting to roll out to non-Tesla employees, of course, Omar gets it first. v12 uses AI Neural nets for everything. It replaces 300,000 lines of C++ code that was being used to control the vehicle. It has been trained with millions of video clips from other Tesla drivers. If FSD is doable this is the way
It's more secure than the normal key fob and UWB is built into newer phones. The iPhones of the last couple years have had the tech with little use besides homepod handoff, and targeted airdrop. but it has some cool potential
06-27-2023, 11:40 AM
