The accuwisselstation of Tesla is dead
Posted on 10-06-2015 at 22:09 by ricardo – 40 Comments”
Do you still remember, how Tesla with a lot of fuss two years ago accuwisselstation presented? There is now not much changed.
By way of experiment, left Tesla in 2013 to see how the battery of the Model S in a matter of minutes could be swapped for a full leenaccu (on the way back you need him to return to exchange for your own battery). This led, in december last year to the first operational accuwisselstation of the EV-maker in California. The construction cost around $ 500,000 and the price for a accuswapje was a 40 dollar set. For replacing your original battery is another $ 40 fee.
Small drawback: almost no one there appeared to be in order. At the annual shareholders meeting of Tesla (video) gave the frontman Elon Musk stated that Tesla riders can not sit to wait on the exchange of their 800 kg weight of batteries. For the beta program, were initially 200 Tesla drivers in California are invited, of which only 5 have made use of the wisseldienst. And all only one time. Elon said:
“It’s just, people don’t care about pack swap. The Superchargers are fast enough that if you’re driving from LA to San Francisco, and you start a trip at 9 AM, by the time you get to, say, noon, you want to stop, and you want to stretch your legs, hit the restroom, grab a bite to eat, grab a coffee, and be on your way, and by that time, the car is charged and ready to go, and it’s free. So, it’s like, why would you do the pack swap? It doesn’t make much sense.”
Fair point. The swapping of a battery can be useful for the Tesla driver is in a hurry, but almost anyone can be fine with the alternative of the feet: the free Superchargers that allows your battery pack in half an hour for about 80 percent volgegooid.
Elon, never hesitate to immediately to provide clarity, provided that, in addition to the current wisselstation in Harris Ranch on the route between Los Angeles and San Francisco – no extra wisselstations recover. The experiment has failed. Just like that wisselgedoe at Schiphol of Better Place a few years back, that after a slap grant on the bottle.
Batteries to switch, it’s just not going to happen.
