Tesla Is Moving Closer To Its 1 Million Mile Battery Pack

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Tesla appears to be moving closer to developing a battery package that it says will be useful for 1 million kilometers (1.6 million km) of driving.

Forbes reports that on December 26, Tesla in partnership with physicists in Canada’s Dalhousie University, filed a patent for a new lithium ion battery technology promised to easily outperform the present lithium-ion batteries used commonly by most present EVs.

Elon Musk said Tesla was focusing in a 1 million-mile battery package in April 2019. This type of battery pack wouldn’t even prove for Tesla’s consumer-oriented vehicles, since the normal lifespan for a vehicle at the United States is only 150,000 miles. But a long-life battery could prove useful for long-haul trucks which are driven around 150,000 miles each year.

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The 100 kWh battery employed by present Tesla Model S and Model X versions is reported to be great for between 1,000 and 2,000 discharge cycles. The new technology described in the patent, even if utilized in the 1 billion mile battery that is promised , may lose 5 percent of its capacity after 1,000 discharge cycles and hold 90 percent of its capacity of 4,000 cycles.

The battery chemistry described in the patent claims to improve durability, energy density, and efficiency at costs over current batteries. Chemical makeup and the new cathode crystal structure would mean it is more resistant to damage from biking.

Many auto makers are favoring batteries since the future of electrical vehicles. Nevertheless, these patents show that Tesla and Elon Musk think lithium batteries have a great deal of life.

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