"Fastest gas pump in LA" competing with "Tesla battery pack swap"
Credit: Tesla/ Green Car Reports
Readers may recall mention of battery swapping for the Tesla Model S. Elon Musk has tweeted that a battery swap will be demonstrated today at 8:00 pm (Thursday 20 June, US Pacific time). Video will be available on the Tesla website at 9:30 pm US Pacific time. That's 5:30 am Friday UTC, 2:30 pm Friday Australian EST.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1084892_tesla-to-show-battery-swapping-for-model-s-tweets-elon-musk
Update 11:58 pm US Pacific: video available on YouTube, looks like it was filmed from the audience. Haven't been able to locate the official Tesla video at this time. They actually swapped two batteries in less time than an internal combustion engine vehicle was able to fill up.
Update 23 June: Video above gives a slightly better view of the actual battery swap – official version below has better coverage of progress on re-energizing both vehicles, & has a spiel from Elon Musk.
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The full Tesla video is available at
ReplyDeletehttp://www.teslamotors.com/en_AU/batteryswap