Tesla’s batteries have reached their limit – here’s how they could go further

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Tesla’s batteries have reached their limit – here’s how they could go further

“For the first time, the world’s fastest production car is electric,” said Tesla boss Elon Musk when he recently launched the company’s latest battery. The new 100kwh device can propel Tesla’s cars to about 97kph in just 2.5 seconds and allow them to drive 20% further before recharging, compared to previous batteries.

But Musk also admitted that the current design and chemistry of the battery means this is quite close to the theoretical limits that it can achieve. From here it will become exponentially harder to increase the amount of energy a battery of the same size can store. So where could Tesla and other electric vehicle manufacturers go next?

 

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Tesla’s batteries have reached their limit – here’s how they could go further

“For the first time, the world’s fastest accelerating production car is electric,” said Tesla boss Elon Musk when he recently launched the company’s latest battery. The new 100kwh device can propel Tesla’s cars to about 97kph in just 2.5 seconds and allow them to drive 20% further before recharging, compared to previous batteries.

But Musk also admitted that the current design and chemistry of the battery means this is quite close to the theoretical limits that it can achieve. From here it will become exponentially harder to increase the amount of energy a battery of the same size can store. So where could Tesla and other electric vehicle manufacturers go next?

FTFY Mr Musk. In any case, 2.5 seconds to 100 is the same (on paper) as the Veyron.