Tony Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Well it has a point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Not a hybrid, the tesla's are electric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Yeah but he uses a petrol generator to charge it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Yeah but he uses a petrol generator to charge it How do you know that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Yeah but he uses a petrol generator to charge it How do you know that? The Tesla S has only two charging methods; either by connection to an external electricity supply or by swapping the high voltage battery (fast battery swapping is part of the design). It has no IC engine on board, so it is certainly not a hybrid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 I read somewhere that it has 7000 batteries for the long range ( 320 mile ) version. Surely you don't swap out 7000 batteries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 I read somewhere that it has 7000 batteries for the long range ( 320 mile ) version. Surely you don't swap out 7000 batteries? I haven't looked up the detail, but they will be the individual cells that make up the total battery capacity. In the "S", the battery is a large flat box that takes up almost all of the floor pan area of the car. Swapping the battery means that this one box is replaced, with all the individual cells being contained in the box. It's a long time since I read the description of the process, but I seem to recall that the car is driven onto a platform at the battery station and an automatic mechanism extracts the discharged battery and installs a fully charged one. I'm sure you'll find it with Google if you're interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 The downside of this type of powerhouse is "convenience" and then cost. The general public aren't going to go for this in this high speed, fast food, instant everything world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Gas might suck but the car is heavily dependant on fossil fuels for its production, maintenance and charging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 I absolutely agree with you there.... I mean end of days what is the comparative carbon footprint between electric/ hybrid/ fossil fuel cars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 There are a lot of things that make sense about it though, particularly in the UK - just think about costs, no road tax, minimal "fuel" bills, and if you drive into central london no congestion charge. That could save you thousands of pounds a year. And it's great for cities as it will improve air quality. Plus the new P85D does 0-60 in 3.2s - that's serious performance whichever way you cut it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 There are a lot of things that make sense about it though, particularly in the UK - just think about costs, no road tax, minimal "fuel" bills, and if you drive into central london no congestion charge. It won't stay like that forever once the government realise they're losing too much money from people switching. The missus dad recently bought a 2010 Fiesta, which is a 1.5 diesel. I was surprised it was only £20 a year tax but it's not very comfortable at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liner33 Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 There are a lot of things that make sense about it though, particularly in the UK - just think about costs, no road tax, minimal "fuel" bills, and if you drive into central london no congestion charge. That could save you thousands of pounds a year. And it's great for cities as it will improve air quality. Plus the new P85D does 0-60 in 3.2s - that's serious performance whichever way you cut it. Comparable leasing costs to a R35 GTR though Current p85 is 4.2 to 60 so thats quite a jump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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