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Exclusive: Tesla's secret batteries aim to rework the math for electric cars and the grid
Reuters ^ | 07 08 2020 | Norihiko Shirouzu, Paul Lienert

Posted on 06/08/2020 6:06:27 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

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To: NotSoFreeStater

“Every month we get another miracle battery story.”

I am old. I remember the miracle carburetor stories.


41 posted on 06/08/2020 7:21:08 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: yesthatjallen
like clockwork every few months there's a "Breakthrough in Battery Technology" then you never hear about it again.

Build and test a working prototype, then get back to me.

42 posted on 06/08/2020 7:24:20 PM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: alternatives?

I am old. I remember the miracle carburetor stories.

***************

I’m not ancient but I do remember the farts of mules/horses
while walking behind them plowing.


43 posted on 06/08/2020 7:25:11 PM PDT by deport
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To: ZOOKER
like clockwork every few months there's a "Breakthrough in Battery Technology

The exploding phone stories went away very quickly.

44 posted on 06/08/2020 7:26:09 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: wally_bert

Tesla will get it right when he invents a dark energy transformer.


45 posted on 06/08/2020 7:30:55 PM PDT by arthurus (hdf)
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To: CincyRichieRich
Yep, and Israel will have the cure for cancer next week

Israeli scientists: We will have coronavirus vaccine in a few weeks 2/28/2020

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3820209/posts

Israeli scientists: ‘Active component’ of coronavirus vaccine days away: Human Testing By June 1 04/01/2020

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3837537/posts

Coronavirus outbreak: Israeli scientists confident of breakthrough in developing vaccine for COVID-19 03/02/2020

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3822879/posts

46 posted on 06/08/2020 7:32:04 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Great if true. Not holding my breath.


47 posted on 06/08/2020 7:32:13 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: TexasGator; marktwain
I know all about electric motors, I have sold them for over 20 years with very few problems. Early Tesla’s on the other hand....

early Tesla Model S cars suggests that as many as two-thirds of those early Model S drivetrains will need to be replaced within 60,000 miles.

https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1101153_two-thirds-of-earliest-tesla-drive-trains-to-fail-in-60000-miles-owner-data-suggests

And

https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threadloom/search

48 posted on 06/08/2020 7:34:41 PM PDT by Lockbox
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To: yesthatjallen

More Musk BS gotta get that stock up.


49 posted on 06/08/2020 7:46:32 PM PDT by QuigleyDU
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To: deport

“I’m not ancient but I do remember the farts of mules/horses
while walking behind them plowing.”

I always wonder if they are laughing inside. My dad told me the horses would try to get him not to select them that day to plow. He preferred tractors much more, except when he had to work on them.


50 posted on 06/08/2020 7:59:51 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: Lockbox

Did you actually read that survey?

http://freerepublic.com/tag/htmlsandbox/index?tab=articles


51 posted on 06/08/2020 8:06:27 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: alternatives?

“.... I remember the miracle carburetor stories.”

Yep... did a bit of research on that one some years ago among other things and it was true.

It was an amazing invention. Too bad the inventor didn’t account for Big Oil changing the fuel formulation.


52 posted on 06/08/2020 8:06:47 PM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: Lockbox

It’s the transmissions that have been failing at a high rate.
Then Tesla demands disappointed owners sign an NDA as a condition of replacement.


53 posted on 06/08/2020 8:41:59 PM PDT by Ex gun maker. (Unconstitutional "Law" is void from inception.....)
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To: monkeyshine

The article mentions 2nd & 3rd lives for the battery in the electric power grid. That suggests people would use the battery in a vehicle until the vehicle wore out or became obsolete. Then the battery would be used to store electricity for the power grid. That is already being done — you charge the battery at night when rates are cheap, and sell it back to the grid during peak hours. Depending on the cost/kWh for the battery storage, that can be quite profitable.

There would be an after-market for the batteries, which would reduce the cost of ownership for the cars. Some people could even sell back some power every day they own the car — which would offset part or even all of the cost of the electricity they use for driving.

A battery pack good for 1MM miles would absolutely be a game-changer.


54 posted on 06/08/2020 8:46:33 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

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55 posted on 06/08/2020 8:54:25 PM PDT by bitt (I shall not kneel for any person. Nor do I expect anybody to kneel for me.)
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To: LastDayz

Funny, but when I researched the “Pogue” (SP?) miracle carb it was not a suppressed secret at all, drawings were and probably are readily available.
There is only so much energy available in fuel, lean burn tech does not work well with any carb.
As much as Fuel Injection annoys me it is much more capable of meeting the alleged claims of the “Suppressed” carb than any actual carb could ever be.

With 3D printing easily available just make one and prove me wrong!

And Tesla still sucks.


56 posted on 06/08/2020 8:54:44 PM PDT by Ex gun maker. (Unconstitutional "Law" is void from inception.....)
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To: yesthatjallen

Oooooo, another stock manipulating miracle announcement from Elon!
Still to be rendered obsolete the moment “Slow discharge capacitors” are perfected.
Another tech with breathless announcements at fairly regular intervals.
SDC are also “Making steady progress” at several research labs and universities.


57 posted on 06/08/2020 8:58:21 PM PDT by Ex gun maker. (Unconstitutional "Law" is void from inception.....)
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To: yesthatjallen

And they become more like potential bombs as well...


58 posted on 06/08/2020 9:18:27 PM PDT by Daniel Ramsey (Thank YOU President Trump, finally we can do what America does best, to be the best)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Same here. I have a Surefire LED flashlight with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that is brighter than the headlights on my car.

There should be a new name for it, for all it resembles the unreliable and dim “flashlights” of my youth.


59 posted on 06/08/2020 9:39:53 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: monkeyshine
What I do know is that Tesla stock price closed at an all time high today.

I'm smiling. A month ago I posted on FR that people should buy Tesla stock, it was a little over $500 a share, and mentioned that it would double. I wasn't thinking it would happen so quickly, closed just under $1000 today. Smiling because I bought some.

Ford is panicking because all their apples are into selling trucks, but Tesla is going big into truck manufacturing, using their profits from sedans and SUVs to sell cheap trucks. Ford may sell a lot of cars now; check back in 5 years to see how they're doing.

60 posted on 06/08/2020 10:23:34 PM PDT by roadcat
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