They catch on fire. One minor accident and they're toast. Why are tax payers funding this "renewable energy" crap car?
Ten plus years in the making and this is the best they have???
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Fast Charging Stations Damage Tesla Car Batteries After Just 25 Charging Cycles
By News Staff | March 14th 2020 05:31 AM
A new paper shows that a selling feature of electric cars, fast-charging stations along highways, actually subject batteries to high temperatures and high resistance that can cause them to crack, leak, and lose their storage capacity.
What is needed is a method for charging at lower temperatures and therefore less risk of catastrophic damage and loss of storage capacity. A recent experiment did just that. Scientists charged one set of discharged Panasonic NCR 18650B cylindrical lithium-ion batteries, found in Tesla cars, using the same industry fast-charging method as fast chargers found along freeways. They also charged a set using a new fast-charging algorithm based on the battery's internal resistance, which interferes with the flow of electrons.
The internal resistance of a battery fluctuates according to temperature, charge state, battery age, and more. High internal resistance can cause problems during charging and the UC Riverside Battery Team charging method is an adaptive system that learns from the battery by checking the battery's internal resistance during charging. It rests when internal resistance kicks in to eliminate loss of charge capacity.
Moar:
https://www.science20.com/news_staff/fast_charging_stations_damage_tesla_car_batteries_after_just_25_charging_cycles-246206