tesla cars are legendary for their
awesomeness and capabilities but what is
it that makes them so appealing the
technology or the design if you've
responded yes to the first question then
you're not familiar with tesla vehicles
at all the car's battery and technology
are what set it apart from the
competition and elon musk has just
unveiled tesla's insane new engine which
he intends to use to take over the
automobile industry what exactly is the
new powertrain what kind of automobile
model should we expect it in and what
are its potentials a quarter of a
million teslas have been sold since the
original model s was unveiled in june
2012 with a 265 mile range the model s
has been hailed as tesla's most
important vehicle since its release
consumer reports found that the
high-tech all-electric tesla more less
delivers amazing performance and a long
driving range in the testing of the
2013-2014 model year they went on to
praise the model s stating it was the
best scoring automobile they had ever
evaluated and it wasn't the end of the
story the 2013 tesla model s was awarded
the title of ultimate car of the year by
staff and judges of motor trend in a
ranking of the past 70 years of the
publication the tesla model s was given
a facelift in 2021 almost 10 years after
its first release to much acclaim in
addition to a redesigned exterior and an
updated interior tesla has increased the
powerful range and speed with a
redesigned motor when it comes to
automobile engines elon musk is poised
to upend the status quo previously if
you're going to go electric you'll have
to carry a lot of batteries but no one
wants a large and heavy vehicle creating
a high-performance electric sports car
is incredibly challenging due to this
fact alone afterwards tesla began
working on lowering the size of the
motor cooling is a significant factor in
why engines are so large you need a lot
of areas to circulate cold air around
all that metal as a result tesla began
pondering how to construct a motor
consisting solely of a solid piece of
metal with no moving parts or cooling
components they accomplished the
seemingly inconceivable with the model
3. the new vehicles afterwards were able
to accelerate more quickly than prior
models and handle better across wild
torque curves as a result they had a
significant impact on the automobile
industry compared to the previous
generation this new motor is more
durable as well as more lightweight the
one in the model s is claimed to be
faster than the previous generation in
terms of reaching maximum torque
astonishingly quick acceleration
provides for a thrilling ride
do you understand how these electric
cars work this involves magnetism and
the way electric and magnetic fields
naturally interact electronic fields
have north and south poles and are
created when electrical circuits are
closed and electrons can pass down a
wire via them that's because opposite
poles attract one another when there's
another magnetic field but like poles
repel each other the shaft of an
electric motor is surrounded by a casing
that contains two sets of magnets or
electromagnets by altering the polarity
of one pair of electromagnets regularly
the motor harnesses these attracting and
repelling forces to generate torque and
finally move the wheels as in
regenerative braking these magnetic
electromagnetic forces can likewise turn
motion back into electricity alternating
current ac is the name given to the
power transmitted to your home because
the polarity of the power changes alters
60 times every second that is in the
united states and other countries 110
volt ac is utilized but countries with a
220 volt standard frequently use 50
hertz ac each battery's positive and
negative poles are powered by direct
current dc alternating current is needed
to make motors turn as previously
indicated they would simply lock their
north and south poles together if there
was no electromagnetic force the
rotation of a motor's north and south
poles keeps it going the most effective
way to move energy from a generator over
long distances is through the use of
alternating current ac electricity such
as a dam or windmill it's possible to
adjust the voltage with ease while using
an ac signal due to the signal's
alternating nature
tesla prefers alternating current ac to
direct current dc for powering
automobiles because it allows them to
create much more efficient generators
motors and electrical distribution
systems technology is advancing at a
rapid pace allowing electric vehicles to
catch up to and even outpace gas-powered
vehicles for now progress made by
companies like tesla in electric vehicle
development gives reason for the hope
that transportation will no longer be
reliant on fossil fuels in the future
the tesla model s sedan can travel up to
288 miles reach 155 miles per hour and
produce
687 pound feet of torque making it one
of the most powerful electric vehicles
on the market today
uniqueness is what sets tesla apart from
the rest the epa estimates the maximum
driving range of the tesla model s long
range plus to be 402 miles this
represents an increase of 87 miles over
the vehicle's 2016 debut with a 100
kilowatt hour battery rather than rely
on a tier 1 supplier tesla manufactures
its own motors inverters battery packs
and other components to achieve this
goal using this do-it-yourself method
tesla is able to constantly improve the
performance of these parts the battery
is at the very core of the system when
driving a tesla you have the option of
using the entire battery pack unlike
other car makers like audi toyota and
mercedes this means that in the instance
of the model s the full 100 kilowatt
hour is available to the owner not just
a portion of it for battery life as a
tesla engineer points out the company
has always provided the entire battery
pack in all of its cars if a battery
fails other automakers have promised
that backup cells will be available to
replace it the audi e-tron for example
has a battery pack of 95.3 kilowatt
hours to be clear that's the bare
minimum the battery's actual usable
capacity is actually higher at 86.5
kilowatt hours tesla claims that the
battery pack capacity varies slightly as
well the company estimates that a model
s battery has a capacity of 100 to 105
kilowatt hours even when you use a 96.2
kilowatt hours under zero useful miles
in your model s long range plus the car
still has 6.3 kilowatt hours of energy
left in its battery tesla says the
technology is built to work like a
gasoline tank with a reserve providing
drivers with the full program at once
makes battery degradation more evident
there is no buffer when cells stop
working at least 70 percent of the
battery's capacity is guaranteed for 8
years up to 150 000 miles by tesla
reduced waste in the powertrain results
in a longer driving range if a motor is
more efficient it will be able to run
for a longer period model s motor
efficiency has risen from 80 to 90
percent with a peak efficiency of 94
in epa testing cycles according to tesla
an 8 to 10 boost in motor efficiency
will increase the range by 15 to 18
percent furthermore tesla asserts that
its inverter is 96 to 97 efficient at
its peak the inverter's efficiency is
approximately 99
nonetheless you will still have to
convert ac to dc when using level one or
two charges there was no mention of this
efficiency which is dependent on your
local electrical infrastructure although
it is much lower than that of tesla's
current cars both lines of communication
are possible between the cars and the
network tesla has been able to make
software upgrades using anonymized data
from its vehicles in the future it will
be able to track a large number of cars
and use that information to improve both
software and hardware many of the
vehicles components must be produced
in-house as a result of all the
tinkering and experimenting to extract
every last ounce of energy out of
components when it comes to the
efficiency of tesla's vehicles they need
to be built and maintained traditional
automakers have a long-standing
reluctance to enter the charging
business on the other hand tesla went
the route to building its own
supercharging infrastructure the first
supercharger station was built by the
same team that designed the vehicle's
charger as compared to the original
supercharger the current model s can get
160 miles of range in 15 minutes it's
not surprising that tesla said the new
model s would have even faster charging
model s model x and some model 3
variants are all compatible with the
current v3 supercharger which has a
maximum output of 250 kilowatts so
either a v4 supercharger or a v3 update
will increase charging speed charge
rates of over
kilowatts are expected from the model s
and other future tesla automobiles
options for electric vehicles could
expand as the technology improves
however it appears that electric
vehicles will become more reliable in
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