From Joe’s video of Jan 29. https://youtu.be/Ww54M6XRrO8
Archive for the ‘Automobile’ Category:
2021-01-26 How Tesla Builds Cars So Fast
It takes 90 minutes for each EV to be assembled and out the door. An EV order can be completed in 3 to 5 days. https://youtu.be/KqXi6EkCdpQ
2021-01-23 Tesla Giga Texas Construction Map
From Joe’s video on this date. More diagrams here: https://youtu.be/l13PWbTacEM Tesla’s video on 4680 battery https://vimeo.com/494452559 https://tesla.com/battery-jobs The above drawing is from the south looking north. The following screenshot is from the north looking south.
2021-01-19 Tesla Estimates Robotaxi $30k Per Year
Elon Musk did a presentation where he showed this estimate of the gross profit of a Tesla EV used as a robotaxi. After the lease expires they want the Tesla EV back. It wasn’t stated if the reason was because they want to then use the EV as a robotaxi. The YouTube video is here
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2020-12-18 Alternator Charges Battery
This setup just charges the battery as long as the resistor is connected to the field coil. There is no regulation of the charge and it can overcharge the battery. To properly regulate the charging, the alternator should have a regulator instead of the resistor. The regulator will shut off the charging when the battery
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2020-12-09 Sunrise Over Austin, TX, Tesla GigaFactory Construction
Skip ahead to the 2 minute point for the sunrise. Joe gives us a drone’s view of Sunrise and a tour of the construction site. The Tesla Texas GigaFactory construction is going full speed with three shifts working. There is a huge amount of concrete being poured, steel beams being erected and all sorts of
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2020-12-08 GM Streetcar Conspiracy
The blog in the link https://ochistorical.blogspot.com/2020/12/street-car-construction-reveals-street.html?m=1 said, “The demise of the “Red Cars” was not a conspiracy, as some (including the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit) suggest. It was just a matter of the unavoidable market forces of supply and demand, combined with the march of time and technology.” This is false according to the
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2020-11-17 Tesla Batteries And Supply Constraints
The manufacturing of Electric Vehicles and grid scale storage are constrained by the amounts of batteries that can be supplied by the battery makers around the world. The early Tesla EVs used the ubiquitous 18650 lithium ion cells, something like 6000 per vehicle. In order to reduce costs and weight Tesla went to the larger
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2020-10-21 Wiring Harnesses And Automation
I worked at a company that built automated test equipment for assembling cables and wiring harnesses. During the year I was there they sent reps to Detroit to help GM build wiring harnesses for Buicks. This was in 1980 and GM was using relays to implement the logic system to assure that the wiring harness
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2020-10-10 Mercedes Will Electrify by 2022
By 2022, Daimler Benz will have an electric version for every model. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ «By 2040, 54% of new car sales and 33% of the global car fleet will be electric. Electric vehicle outlook 2017 Bloomberg New Energy Finance» ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ https://youtu.be/kLzrzNa6zQA
