At Tesla's conference on November 16, Musk unveiled its long-awaited electric truck, claiming that Tesla trucks will not require any maintenance for one million miles (1.61 million kilometers) People think he refers to the truck's power transmission system, but some insiders said recently that his 1 million-mile commitment includes the battery, which could shock the entire electric car industry with a million-kilometer battery.
If this information is confirmed, the battery life will be several times the current production of any electric car battery, but also greatly improve Tesla trucks and traditional diesel trucks competitiveness (after all, a set of battery prices Is 170,000 US dollars, but the truck itself only 100,000).
At the press conference, Musk said the fully-powered Tesla truck has a range of 500 miles (805 kilometers), compared to 62.5 miles (100 kilometers) for the recently launched eCanter light truck Since standard lithium-ion batteries have only about 1000 charge-discharge lifetimes, this means that Tesla trucks should have a battery life of only half a million miles.
In addition, average annual truck mileage in the United States is 100,000 miles, and if the Tesla truck works the same as an electric car, it will need to be replaced every five years, plus the vast majority of truck drivers will choose Save time by charging with Tesla's 30-minute quick charge technology and battery pack life in Tesla trucks will be further reduced.
Although Musk did not announce the price of the Tesla truck, it is estimated by the industry that it will be priced at about 300,000 U.S. dollars, twice as much as that of an ordinary diesel truck and at this price, if it is up to five years You need to change the battery, even if it can save 100,000 US dollars in diesel fuel costs in five years, it is estimated that no fleet will choose to use Tesla trucks.
As a result, Musk's pardon of up to 1 million miles of exemption can be viewed as a sensible marketing tool, which also means he has innumerable innovations in the batteries used on Tesla trucks and doubled their life expectancy: 2000 Secondary charge and discharge.
Tesla's rival Nikola Motor Company yesterday tweeted on the Tesla truck battery pack should be different with the car battery design, but with Tesla's home battery products - Powerwall is very similar to fixed-battery Design, a set of batteries is designed to consume far more battery power, which means that more batteries are installed than necessary, reducing the operating voltage of each battery and increasing the life of the entire battery pack.
In addition, autopilot technology can also effectively improve battery life, because the truck's own system can prohibit the driver to completely empty the battery.After all, whether it is 300,000 US dollars of trucks, or thousands of yuan of mobile phones, to avoid the battery is completely empty out Is a way to effectively improve battery life.