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JB Straubel told me, that the europe version will have 3-phase support. ...
I agree but I could see an advantage of locking the chargers to just Tesla owners for a limited time period of maybe a year or two. If they were placed 100 miles apart, most other cars couldn't really use them anyway (easily). It might help Tesla sales until the broader charger market grows and Tesla could open their network to anyone at that point.Is that a suggestion that they plan to have company operated charging locations? Would they allow non Tesla cars to charge there too? Hopefully charging infrastructure is viewed as an industry wide effort, not something proprietary to each company.
Ok, to play devil's advocate for a second. ....
So in the 'pie in the sky' world of tomorrow where the price of batteries becomes incidental, and they have chemistry that supports very rapid charging, I would think you could have stationary packs on a 'trickle charge' (say 10kW) storing up lots of charge (say up to 300kWh) so that when a vehicle occasionally pulls up for a quick charge you could do a pack to pack dump at very high current levels and get the vehicle back up to charge in a matter of minutes.Ok, to play devil's advocate for a second. Let's think about the future. What is the target for charging? Let's assume batteries get cheap enough and gravimetrically dense enough that we could choose any battery size we want...
And all of this changes if someone invents the portable fusion reactor or some-such to make a real range-extended, not petroleum powered electric a reality.
So in the 'pie in the sky' world of tomorrow where the price of batteries becomes incidental, and they have chemistry that supports very rapid charging, I would think you could have stationary packs on a 'trickle charge' (say 10kW) storing up lots of charge (say up to 300kWh) so that when a vehicle occasionally pulls up for a quick charge you could do a pack to pack dump at very high current levels and get the vehicle back up to charge in a matter of minutes.
J1772's proposed DC Level 3 / AC Level 2 connector surely fits the bill. What words did Elon use exactly, because using this wouldn't contradict the last sentence.
Very true. Studies show the current Tesla connector and cable is right a the limit of what would be to much for consumers to put up with....Something tells me they're going to have to go to higher voltages, or some people won't be able to handle the cable!
The current Tesla connector is no more capable than J1772, so there is not much point in keeping it (or having both).I would prefer to have multiple charging connectors on the Model S, that being a J1772, the current Tesla connector, and a DC fast charge connector.
Now, charge time - an hour is a long time
Frankly, not really. An hour is exactly the appropriate amount of time to have lunch or dinner.
http://shop.teslamotors.com/collections/charging/products/universal-mobile-connector-available-october-2009Universal Mobile Connector - Available in North America Only
Please note that the connectors sold through our online store are for the Tesla Roadster. Model S charging options will be released at a later date.
The current Tesla connector is no more capable than J1772, so there is not much point in keeping it (or having both).
Sounds like the Model S will not have the Tesla amp connector.