Re: Vehicle Taxation class

by inspiredron Sun May 19, 2019 1:59 pm

PLOUGHLIN wrote:Tesla can do 300+ miles /charge, and battery rated at 2000 cycles before significant capacity loss. That's 600,000 miles?

I think I would cut that mileage in half. A partial recharge may count as a cycle and you won't in practice let it discharge fully.

by Paulmold Sun May 19, 2019 2:21 pm

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by inspiredron Sun May 19, 2019 5:41 pm

PLOUGHLIN wrote:Tesla can do 300+ miles /charge, and battery rated at 2000 cycles before significant capacity loss. That's 600,000 miles?

I think I would cut that mileage in half. A partial recharge may count as a cycle and you won't in practice let it discharge fully.

by PLOUGHLIN Sun May 19, 2019 5:59 pm

inspiredron wrote:
PLOUGHLIN wrote:Tesla can do 300+ miles /charge, and battery rated at 2000 cycles before significant capacity loss. That's 600,000 miles?
I think I would cut that mileage in half. A partial recharge may count as a cycle and you won't in practice let it discharge fully.

OK, only 300,000 miles then. hugegrins

by Guest Sun May 19, 2019 6:29 pm

Reading the What Car report was interesting - especially the example of a 100000 mile car over two years of use and no drop in capacity at all. blush

As with anything as people buy the incentive to develop further technologies will challenge today’s concerns. I’ve got friends who are using the same lithium technology for their leisure batteries - so much lighter and smaller and such a long way away from the limitations of lead acid technologies. Still out of my reach at the mo but suspect that might be where some of those used car batteries end up in the future rather than just in buildings. I’ll keep watching.