Re:Lithium metal batteries with diluted high concentration e...
by ianai on Friday November 12, 2021 @08:57AM
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But the battery management system automatically disables bad cells so you wouldn’t need to replace an individual cell.
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Re:Lithium metal batteries with diluted high concentration e...
by mc32 on Friday November 12, 2021 @09:07AM
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People seem to have a different experience. See here: https://electrek.co/2021/09/13/tesla-battery-pack-replacemen...
Re:Lithium metal batteries with diluted high concentration e...
by jacquesm on Friday November 12, 2021 @10:33AM
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There are different models of Tesla packs in circulation.
Re:Lithium metal batteries with diluted high concentration e...
by kwhitefoot on Friday November 12, 2021 @10:05AM
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That seems really unlikely, or impossible. The 18650 cells in a Tesla Model S are only about twice as big as an AA and they are grouped in parallel blocks that are then connected in series. There does not appear to be any way of isolating a specific cell.
Each module has six groups of cells in series, 74 in parallel in each group, giving a module voltage of 22.8 V.
See https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Tesla-Model-S-74p6s-Batt...
Re:Lithium metal batteries with diluted high concentration e...
by jacquesm on Friday November 12, 2021 @10:33AM
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Newer Tesla batteries are fused per cell, so when a battery dies and it's neighbor cells start dumping charge into it the fuse goes and hopefully that's that. So it's perfectly possible for a single battery to become disconnected from the rest of the pack. But that's not a function of the battery management system, it's purely a safety feature (otherwise the pack would almost certainly go up).