The Tesla Battery Day started yesterday and CEO Elon Musk just presented two game changers. These should put the competition under considerable pressure again.
Rumors of an optimized version of the Tesla Model S have been making the rounds for months. The "Plaid" drivetrain should be placed in the "Ludicrous" drivetrain. And now the time has come, the Tesla Model S plaid is here.
This is the most powerful version of the sedan to date. With incredible values. A range of 840 kilometers, a top speed of over 320 km / h and an acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h in under two seconds thanks to three electric motors.
You can already order the model in Tesla's German online shop for EUR 139,990. Delivery will not take place until the end of 2021.
The new 4680 battery cell was also presented. This promises up to 400 percent more energy, six times the performance and a greater range. This is not a prototype, no, the battery is already being produced in Fremont.
The new battery should provide a 54 percent improvement in range and a 56 percent cost reduction ($ / kWh) for electric vehicles.
The new battery is also manufactured in a more environmentally friendly way, Tesla does without solvents in the electrode production and instead relies on the "Powder Into Film" solution, in which solids are applied directly to the electrode foil.
But in the future Tesla is planning further improvements in the manufacture of its batteries.
On the anode side, pure silicon should replace graphite in the next few years, which should increase the range of electric cars by another 20 percent. On the cathode side, the nickel content is to be increased significantly and cobalt consumption is to be greatly minimized.
A 100 percent recycling rate for old batteries is to be achieved in a newly emerging recycling factory.
Many projects for the next few years. but yesterday's presentation should have raised eyebrows among the competition.
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