Monday, January 21, 2019
NO. For the million(+7)th time, it's NOT NEW.
Actually the title is wrong for this installment. Electric cars that fail in winter are a NEW invention by Elon.
Earlier generations of electrics suffered horribly from a lack of Elon's inventive genius.
102 fucking years ago, in hilly snowy Lawrence and KC, these ladies were driving calmly and reliably to their desired destinations. Too bad they didn't live to see Elon's magnificent solution to their horrible problem.
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Later related addendum, showing the difference numerically:
Per one of the Tesla skeptics, lithium batteries won't charge below 5C, which is 40F. Per the spec sheets from Iron Edison, the nickel-iron battery in those old electric cars could do considerably better:
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102 fucking years ago, in hilly snowy Lawrence and KC, these ladies were driving calmly and reliably to their desired destinations. Too bad they didn't live to see Elon's magnificent solution to their horrible problem.
= = = = =
Later related addendum, showing the difference numerically:
Per one of the Tesla skeptics, lithium batteries won't charge below 5C, which is 40F. Per the spec sheets from Iron Edison, the nickel-iron battery in those old electric cars could do considerably better:
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