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I am imagining Boris and Natasha-type villains who represent the dealership lobbies are behind this!
Tesla will get the last laugh, since as part of the deal the legislature will pass a law allowing direct sales without dealerships.
Hoping that part was to give the legislatures in Texas and Arizona a swift kick in the arse.
RobStark
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It would be cool if they designed and built their own battery powered locomotive to get the batteries from Nevada to Fremont. Gotta go up a couple thousand feet with weight to clear the pass and then a whole lot of regen on the downslope into the delta and then Bay area. Unload all the weight and practically skip over the Sierras on the way back. Rinse, repeat.
haha how about a hyperloop? :tongue:
btw is there anywhere online where Elon Musk speaking at the event is available in video form? Or a complete transcript (not excerpts)?
edit: just found this! Elon Musk - Gigafactory Announcement, Carson City, Nevada - YouTube
btw is there anywhere online where Elon Musk speaking at the event is available in video form? Or a complete transcript (not excerpts)?
edit: just found this! Elon Musk - Gigafactory Announcement, Carson City, Nevada - YouTube
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The IR drop along the power cable between the locomotive and each freight car's power connection would be very high without high voltage conversion enroute. However, each freight car could be self-propelled. 4 locomotives at 4600 HP each can pull roughly 30 or so loaded ordinary freight cars over the Sierras, so moving the motors to the cars would need only a few hundred HP each, spread over electric motors on 4 axles (order of magnitude estimate). The tractive effort (and regen action) in each car could be controlled by a small locomotive at the head end by radio to control car-to-car slack action.
Of course, these batteries would be technically in "used" condition upon arrival. Intriguing concept.
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The IR drop along the power cable between the locomotive and each freight car's power connection would be very high without high voltage conversion enroute. However, each freight car could be self-propelled. 4 locomotives at 4600 HP each can pull roughly 30 or so loaded ordinary freight cars over the Sierras, so moving the motors to the cars would need only a few hundred HP each, spread over electric motors on 4 axles (order of magnitude estimate). The tractive effort (and regen action) in each car could be controlled by a small locomotive at the head end by radio to control car-to-car slack action.
Of course, these batteries would be technically in "used" condition upon arrival. Intriguing concept.
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