Recently Tesla motors demonstrated how a robot could swap a depleted battery in an electric Model S sedan for a fully charged one in about 90 seconds, less than half the time it takes to fill up a car with gasoline.
Nissan North America also announced its own battery replacement program for the plug-in Leaf.
Both car makers are working hard to make the consumer's life easier.
Tesla said it will charge $60-$80 for the pack swap, the same as about 15 gallons of gas. The service will be available at Tesla’s new super-charging stations in California starting later this year, followed by the Northeast and other markets where it is expanding its new super-charger network. The superchargers — which can restore much of a depleted battery’s charge in about half an hour — will continue to be available for free, Musk said. If you want your original battery back after it’s recharged, that will cost another $60. If you want to keep the new one, Tesla will bill you for it, though it can’t say yet how much that will be. The good news is that once-high battery costs are coming down rapidly.
One question is how many miles would you need to drive the all electric Tesla model S in order to justify spending the additional money when compared to a different luxury sedan like the Audi quattro. Studies say in Massachusetts, you would need to drive 70,000 miles before you save $10,000 price differential with the Audi A7 quattro.
Fuel costs comparisons per mile:
Tesla Model S Fuel cost per mile = (9.5 kWh ×14.04¢ per kWh) / 25 miles = 5.33¢ per mile.
Audi A7 Fuel cost per mile = (1.2 gal ×$4.031/gal) / 25 miles = 19.35¢ per mile.
Savings per mile = 14.01¢ per mile
Over those 70,000 miles, you would save over 40,000 pounds of CO2 emissions with Tesla.
Go green!!
Nissan North America also announced its own battery replacement program for the plug-in Leaf.
Both car makers are working hard to make the consumer's life easier.
Tesla said it will charge $60-$80 for the pack swap, the same as about 15 gallons of gas. The service will be available at Tesla’s new super-charging stations in California starting later this year, followed by the Northeast and other markets where it is expanding its new super-charger network. The superchargers — which can restore much of a depleted battery’s charge in about half an hour — will continue to be available for free, Musk said. If you want your original battery back after it’s recharged, that will cost another $60. If you want to keep the new one, Tesla will bill you for it, though it can’t say yet how much that will be. The good news is that once-high battery costs are coming down rapidly.
One question is how many miles would you need to drive the all electric Tesla model S in order to justify spending the additional money when compared to a different luxury sedan like the Audi quattro. Studies say in Massachusetts, you would need to drive 70,000 miles before you save $10,000 price differential with the Audi A7 quattro.
Fuel costs comparisons per mile:
Tesla Model S Fuel cost per mile = (9.5 kWh ×14.04¢ per kWh) / 25 miles = 5.33¢ per mile.
Audi A7 Fuel cost per mile = (1.2 gal ×$4.031/gal) / 25 miles = 19.35¢ per mile.
Savings per mile = 14.01¢ per mile
Over those 70,000 miles, you would save over 40,000 pounds of CO2 emissions with Tesla.
Go green!!
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