Tesla has been producing the Semi in Texas since October 2022. Tesla has also deployed a mobile Megacharger at its Supercharger station in Baker, California. If Tesla adds 750 kilowatt chargers at larger Supercharger locations then they will need to allocate about three times the parking space and three times the power draw as a …
The Run on Less electric truck and electric depot -truck stop event is over after 18 days. There were 22 trucks. Here we summarize what happened with all of the trucks and the complete payload, mileage and operation for the three Pepsi Tesla Semi. The three Tesla Semi trucks averaged 511 miles per day per …
Marginal cost of energy by 2030 will approach ~$0.005/kWh. This is about ten times less than most of the energy today. It is essentially making power free and abundant. The big issue will be the realized cost of this energy and will demonstrate, especially in the US, the decrepit and costly delivery infrastructure from the …
The new Tesla Model Y RWD likely has changed to Iron LFP batteries from China. The $43,990 price has the full $7500 subsidy this year. This will be because the batteries will be sourced from China but the lithium comes from Australia. This could change next year unless the battery sourcing is adjusted for the …
One of the Pepsi Tesla Semi Trucks was driven for 1076 Miles in one day. This was on the 17th day when the three trucks had over 2600 miles of combined driving in one day. This shows that Tesla Semis can have multiple fast chargings in one day to give 240% of the trucks range …
10.4 GWh of sodium ion capacity shold be installed by the end of 2023 (per Benchmark Materials). Benchmark forecasts a utilization rate of just 24%, representative of 2.5 GWh of production. It is mainly Tier 1 battery makers like CATL, BYD, Farasi. In 2024, there is an additional 63 GWh of capacity set to be …
The Run on Less – Electric DEPOT is an 18-month study and demonstration event that explores how trucking fleets can scale up from one or two electric trucks to 15 or more. The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) and RMI are hosting the event, which is scheduled for September 11–30. The event will …
Tesla has lowered the starting prices of the Model S and X below $80,000 and reduced the price of FSD to $12000. Farzad has provided a table of the current pricing of all Tesla models and where he expects the Cybertruck and next generation cars to be priced. Nextbigfuture has long term analysis of batteries …
Gotion, a major Chinese battery company will be mass producing the Astroinno L600 LMFP battery cell in 2024. It has 15% more energy density than this years ground breaking CATL M3P battery. In May, 2023, it was announced that the L600, which has passed all safety tests, has a weight energy density of 240Wh/kg, a …
Jordan Giesige has unraveled the composition, cost and performance of the CATL M3P battery. CATL is the largest EV battery maker in the world with about 36% global market share. CATL is launching its new M3P battery but there has been confusion about what the M3P battery composition, cost and performance. CATL is likely launching …
Dr. Wu Kai, CATL Chief Scientist, presented at the CATL new product launch 2023 event (charge to the future in a flash) on August 16, 2023. CATL launched Shenxing, the world’s first 4C superfast charging LFP battery, capable of delivering 400 km of driving range with a 10-minute charge as well as a range of …