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Title: Tesla News
Post by: ken.simmermon on October 17, 2008, 01:53:45 AM

Tesla Says It Will Lay Off Employees and Delay Its All-Electric Sedan Until 2011
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
The company, an electric car start-up, blamed the worsening
financial and credit crises for the upheaval.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/16/technology/start-ups/16tesla.html?th&emc=th

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Title: Re: Tesla News
Post by: ted.lowe on October 17, 2008, 02:46:58 PM

Now they're a real company!  :P

Title: Re: Tesla News
Post by: gerald.jackson on October 17, 2008, 03:03:49 PM

The news for Telsa is a lot worse than just the financial problems.  They have real technical problems, again related to the temperature management issues related to lithium ion batteries that I have been harping on for some time now.  Below is a very illuminating article based on a blog by former Tesla CEO Martin Eberhard.

(note that this is a long URL, and the two lines need to be stitched together to see the article)
http://teslafounders.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/
wasting-energy-like-two-really-nice-refrigerators/

Basically, they have a cooling system for the batteries that needs to run CONTINUOUSLY if the batteries are at more than 1/2 charge.  The power draw is equivalent to 2 large home refrigerators, causing the batteries to drain when the car is parked.

Gerry

Title: Re: Tesla News
Post by: matt.kenigson on October 17, 2008, 03:45:30 PM

I saw this deep in the blog responses.  Thought some of our more technically-minded members would enjoy the read:

http://tinyurl.com/62o9sg

Matt

Title: Re: Tesla News
Post by: terry.kane on October 18, 2008, 04:11:06 PM

I don't think anyone would ever "enjoy" reading a patent...