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ken.simmermon

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Tesla News
« on: October 17, 2008, 01:53:45 AM »
Tesla Says It Will Lay Off Employees and Delay Its All-Electric Sedan Until 2011
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
The company, an electric car start-up, blamed the worsening
financial and credit crises for the upheaval.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/technology/start-ups/16tesla.html?th&emc=th

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ted.lowe

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Re: Tesla News
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2008, 02:46:58 PM »
Now they're a real company!  :P
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gerald.jackson

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Re: Tesla News
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2008, 03:03:49 PM »
The news for Telsa is a lot worse than just the financial problems.  They have real technical problems, again related to the temperature management issues related to lithium ion batteries that I have been harping on for some time now.  Below is a very illuminating article based on a blog by former Tesla CEO Martin Eberhard.

(note that this is a long URL, and the two lines need to be stitched together to see the article)
http://teslafounders.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/
wasting-energy-like-two-really-nice-refrigerators/

Basically, they have a cooling system for the batteries that needs to run CONTINUOUSLY if the batteries are at more than 1/2 charge.  The power draw is equivalent to 2 large home refrigerators, causing the batteries to drain when the car is parked.

Gerry
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matt.kenigson

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Re: Tesla News
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2008, 03:45:30 PM »
I saw this deep in the blog responses.  Thought some of our more technically-minded members would enjoy the read:

http://tinyurl.com/62o9sg

Matt
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terry.kane

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Re: Tesla News
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2008, 04:11:06 PM »
I don't think anyone would ever "enjoy" reading a patent...
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