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To: Othniel
One bada$$ capacitor, enclosed in a sportscar body

Unfortunately, the Tesla ESS (Energy Storage System) is composed of "several thousand consumer-grade lithium-ion cells".

In other words, it's one bada$$ battery.

http://www.teslamotors.com/design/under_the_skin.php
9 posted on 06/26/2009 12:52:27 PM PDT by chrisser
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To: chrisser
Hm. My bad. I read somewhere (here on FR) that it was a big capacitor.

Maybe it's time to bring back the Leyden Jar....

12 posted on 06/26/2009 3:18:07 PM PDT by Othniel (Meddling in world affairs for 1/20 of a millenium......)
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