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Originally Posted by slodave
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Yeah, battery tech is somewhat like the IC engine. Stalled. Small leaps here and there, but largely just there.
I think if the Model S could incorporate solar in the roof to help during the day in charging the 12v for the accessories, that would help with overall range...
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hmm... this is where being an engineer comes across as simply being a turd in the punch-bowl ...or
not having hope... :-/ But here goes, again...
a solar panel won't add squat (
maybe run the LCD display backlight for a while). -where's Red Beard?
Battery energy density...
(Wikipedia)
I expect that you can see just how far battery tech has to go to compete with, well, just about anything else. ...but at least it's really expensive. ...and still needs a source to charge the thing