Re:Tesla and Panasonic freeze spending on $4.5B Gigafactory
by clouddrover on Thursday April 11, 2019 @10:38AM
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> Their battery tech is better than everyones. ( Why is the Audi E-tron and Jaguar I-pace Less range than even the cheapest Tesla? )
The Audi e-tron deliberately over-provisioned the battery to give it a longer life and to enable faster charging. Only 88% of the battery (about 83 kwh) is available for use, but the upside of that is the e-tron can maintain a 150 kilowatt charge rate up to 80% state of charge which no other current EV can do:
The e-tron's main problem is that it's too heavy for the battery it has. It either needs a bigger battery or a lighter construction or both.
But the Hyundai Kona EV, the Kia Niro EV, and the new Kia Soul EV all have good range for a good price. The Kona narrowly beat the Model X in this 1000 km road trip comparison:
The Audi e-tron deliberately over-provisioned the battery to give it a longer life and to enable faster charging. Only 88% of the battery (about 83 kwh) is available for use, but the upside of that is the e-tron can maintain a 150 kilowatt charge rate up to 80% state of charge which no other current EV can do:
https://support.fastned.nl/hc/en-gb/articles/115015420127-17...
Not even the Tesla Model 3 on the new Tesla V3 chargers:
https://electrek.co/2019/03/07/tesla-v3-supercharger-action-...
The e-tron's main problem is that it's too heavy for the battery it has. It either needs a bigger battery or a lighter construction or both.
But the Hyundai Kona EV, the Kia Niro EV, and the new Kia Soul EV all have good range for a good price. The Kona narrowly beat the Model X in this 1000 km road trip comparison:
https://insideevs.com/hyundai-kona-electric-race-tesla-model...
Tesla doesn't seem very far ahead.