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Tesla has just told SlashGear that its much-hyped battery stations will finally arrive in California by December. Elon Musk and crew first flaunted the system to a large crowd over a year ago, showing how the Model S's battery can be changed in half the time it takes to gas up a regular car. Since then, Tesla has missed several of its own deadlines to install the fully automatic, robotic systems. Musk said his company has been "preoccupied with a few other issues," which no doubt include gearing up its battery-producing Gigafactory in Nevada and installing a network of supercharger stations.
from the article
I still don't really understand pursuing both swaps and superchargers.
IF supercharging rates can keep being improved, as Tesla has claimed, then swaps become fairly irrelevant as progress marches on. Which leaves the first maybe 200,000 X & S on the road as the only folks with slower charging technology that'd find substantial value in the time saves with the swap.
If super chargers aren't the future, then Tesla's push to blanket the planet with "free for life" super chargers seems bizarre.
The case I can see being made for swapping is for commercial purposes. Long haul trucking as an example or commercial delivery vehicles that put on a 200 miles a day in city driving.
The cynic in me wonders if it's just a California only expenditure to grab ZEV credits. Tesla doesn't usually chase one-off money like that, but it might make sense in CA.
I still don't really understand pursuing both swaps and superchargers.
If supercharging rates can keep being improved, as Tesla has claimed, then swaps become fairly irrelevant as progress marches on. Which leaves the first maybe 200,000 X & S on the road as the only folks with slower charging technology that'd find substantial value in the time saves with the swap.
If super chargers aren't the future, then Tesla's push to blanket the planet with "free for life" super chargers seems bizarre.
The cynic in me wonders if it's just a California only expenditure to grab ZEV credits. Tesla doesn't usually chase one-off money like that, but it might make sense in CA.
I'm assuming that even if one does multiple swaps on a long trip, they'd only need to worry about returning to the first swap station visited. This could probably work for a great many people.To me the limitation is having to go back and retrieve your old pack.
Edit: Apparently I misunderstood. What I'd read in the past made me think CARB stopped the credits for battery swap entirely. Apparently they just limited to something that was being used. Tesla was getting credits for the swap technology since the cars are capable of it, even if they hadn't deployed it.
I don't get it.
Couple thoughts come to mind after reading the article:
[1] Tesla made a profit last year for the first time, so does that mean future lessees will see the $7500 federal incentive passed on to them (in the form of cap cost reduction?? Up to now, Tesla has stated that the company has not realized any profits, thus they don't bother with the $7500.
[2] Battery swap: the car owner has to pay $60-$80 per swap?? That's like paying for gas. I'd imagine the battery swap stations will be rather empty, therefore lowering the ZEV credits for Tesla, as most owners will just spend a little time doing the "free" supercharging.