Tesla's induction motor specification

I'm guessing that information is a closely guarded secret.

There are millions of Accords and Priuses on the road... and less than 1,000 Tesla Roadsters. So far, no one has been willing to dissect their new $100,000 car in the name of science.

Additionally, since Tesla does all their own servicing of this component, there hasn't been a need to publish the details you're looking for.

I think that information may come out some day, it's just not available now, as far as I know.

-Ryan

Hi guys,

I have the same problem, I'm doing a semesters thesis. I'm looking for motors with a very high power density to put them into aircrafts. Is there any information available yet? I'm searching for 2 days now and all I found was on Wikipedia. I just need to know the wheigt of the motor. At Wikipedia they say, it's 70 pounds (about 32kg). That's a power density of nearly 7kw/ kg! I think that figure means the power of the "short time overload-operation" (don't know the exact engl. word) electrical machines are capable of. Does anyone know the continous power the motor is able to provide?

Greetings from Germany,

Marcus

I suggest starting with commercially available motors from companies like UQM and Siemens. They may be willing to provide detailed design info.

UQM Hybrid Systems

http://www.sea.siemens.com/us/internet-dms/Internet/MarineComm/General/Docs/ELFA_Flyer.pdf

GSP