Just recently, the automobile market experienced a real breakthrough. The well-known Tesla company offered consumers an environmentally friendly vehicle with amazing performance. Their cars run on batteries that are shipped in OSB boxes.
According to the EPA, you can travel a whopping 426 km on a single charge. The S-type model can handle this mileage. Incidentally, Tesla's battery has capacityapproximately 85 kW/h. With this fuel, acceleration to 100 km occurs in 4.4 seconds.
What's inside a Tesla battery?
The power source is a high-capacity lithium-ion battery. All components for their assembly are supplied by a Japanese company. PanasonicThis battery costs $12,000, or 778,186.8 rubles at the current exchange rate of 64.85 rubles. For that kind of money, you could buy a decent budget car, or even several!
Almost the entire floor is a Tesla battery! This allows for good handling and a low center of gravity. The power source is attached to the body using special, heavy-duty brackets.
When opening the battery, you'll notice 16 separate blocks. They are well protected from the environment by metal plates. They are connected in parallel. To access the battery, this barrier must be removed.
The battery blocks are covered with transparent plastic. This serves as a protective layer, preventing moisture from penetrating. It also helps prevent short circuits.
The lithium-ion battery is assembled very reliably, with all components fitting tightly together. State-of-the-art robots were used to manufacture the Tesla battery. All assembly takes place in sterile workshops where humidity and temperature are maintained at a specific level.
Composition of the energy storage device
This battery has a special design, as each of the sixteen blocks contains six groups of 74 small cells, resembling elongated cylinders. This is a Panasonic-type battery. 18650 weighing up to 46 grams. Many compare them to AA or AA batteries.
It's unclear how they're arranged or how they interact. Everything is top secret. Even after opening it, it's completely unclear how this battery can operate so efficiently. It's unlikely the Chinese will be able to replicate such a device. But in any case, doing so would be extremely difficult.
The anode of a Tesla battery is graphite, and the cathode is nickel-cobalt-aluminum oxide. Each small cell contains 3.6 volts. In the most advanced model, the number of these cells reaches 7104. The weight of a Tesla battery is approximately 540 kg.
And its dimensions are as follows:
- Length 210 cm.
- Thickness 15 cm.
- Width 150 centimeters.
Tesla batteries require various components to manufacture. These are most often sourced from Mexico, India, and China. Final assembly takes place in the United States.
The warranty for such a power source is 8 years with no mileage limitation.
