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Re:Types of Robotics Papers by _Microft on Saturday May 01, 2021 @06:27PM (#27010452)
Tesla later filed a different idea for patent that involved a charging connector at the bottom of the car and a movable plug in the ground of the charging station that could be moved in x/y direction to compensate for differently parked cars above it. From what I remember this system even included a connection for a cooling fluid that would have run through a heat exchanger in the car. That would allow to charge the battery even faster as the resulting heat could have been dissipated via a dedicated cooling system of the charging station.

https://electrek.co/2017/04/22/tesla-patent-automate-chargin...

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Re:Types of Robotics Papers by sbierwagen on Saturday May 01, 2021 @09:43PM (#27011664)
That is a little odd. Teslas have a battery cooling loop. Electrek's diagram even shows it. That should handle kilowatts of heat easily. You'd figure pointing a big fan at the car, like on a dynometer, would work if you needed additional cooling. How much additional heat would ultrafast charging create, to justify heroic cooling solutions? Heat generated during charging is all waste heat, after all, reducing total charge efficiency. Not very green.
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