When shopping for an electric vehicle, battery life will always be an important factor. However, Elon Musk recently explained on Twitter that although Tesla has the ability to make electric vehicles with longer battery life, this will have the opposite effect on the performance of electric vehicles.
Elon Musk said that they were able to make a Model S with a range of 600 miles (regarding 966 kilometers) last year, but he believed that this would simply add unnecessary battery weight, reduce acceleration, handling and efficiency, and 99.9% Time doesn’t need that long battery life at all. He even said that the current range of their electric vehicles of more than 400 miles (regarding 644 kilometers) is actually more than the average need.
We might’ve made a 600 mile Model S 12 months ago, but that would’ve made the product worse imo, as 99.9% of time you’d be carrying unneeded battery mass, which makes acceleration, handling & efficiency worse. Even our 400+ mile range car is more than almost anyone will use.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 2, 2022
Battery life is one of the areas where different carmakers compete, but when there is no new breakthrough in battery technology, increasing the battery life means loading more batteries, and the weight of the car will also increase and affect performance. How to increase the battery capacity without affecting the weight balance is quite a test of the technology of the car factory.
source:Teslarati
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