Jason Schug, a Vice President at Ricardo Strategic Consulting who spent part of his engineering career at GM and Ford, told Business Insider that he's done teardowns of Tesla's Model S and X vehicles, which share the same battery, as well as its Model 3. He told Business Insider that if coolant leaked into a battery module it could render the battery useless.
So when it came time for Tesla to design the battery for the Model S it looked to use parts that already existed in order to keep things simple. It settled on the 18-650 battery cell — a cell that it could buy off the shelf because it was already being manufactured for everyday use in things like laptops.
Tesla was keenly aware of these issues with electric battery chemistry, explaining in detail the steps its design was taking to mitigate this risk in a That is why — according to one former senior employee involved with the battery's design and agreed to speak with Business Insider on the condition of anonymity — cell chemistry and battery structure were the company's main design concerns, cost aside.
"When you're launching a new component, there's always going to be difficulties and issues on line during first launch and especially when you're Tesla and you're asking your vendors to launch with a limited R&D," said a former employee, who left in 2014, "We did have problems with it leaking."By the time Tesla started workshopping issues with the Model S's cooling coils, the car's launch was already behind schedule.
Tesla did not respond to Business Insider's questions about its design process or the countermeasures it used to reduce leaks in this part. "Every part of the vehicle [Tesla designed] was breakthrough innovation, so it was almost guaranteed there would be serious production problems," Liker said. "It's a trade-off, Musk could've been more conservative but then what would be his competitive advantage?"To try and understand how the company's production processes had changed since 2012, Business Insider reached out to three former Tesla employees who worked at the automaker at different times.
"Toyota did not rush through things like Tesla did," the employee who left in 2017 said. The same employee also said that though parts were tested rigorously, the workers testing them did not receive the same extensive training they would receive at NUMMI. There simply wasn't time, and Tesla's Silicon Valley engineers didn't want to hear much about how things were done at NUMMI either, the former employee said.
Zekeboy4 lopezlinette I see satan on his face.
lopezlinette Another baseless piece being used by markbspiegel to publicly slander elonmusk as a sociopath. Its writer lopezlinette..not the best example after her wild claims that China factory didn't exist:
lopezlinette Amazing they haven't all burst into flames by now. I saw one the other day, and no, it wasn't on fire. Might have burnt to the ground later on. It's entirely possible. Santa Claus could be real too. Lovely story though but coming from lopezlinette it's hard to take seriously.
lopezlinette Aaaand it’s short time.
lopezlinette Corporations will be corporations no matter who the CEO. Will always try to balance the books against recalls and litigation.
lopezlinette Are you talking about this? Who knows nothing. Haha WholeMarsBlog
lopezlinette Criminal!!!
lopezlinette Not surprised to hear this.
lopezlinette Well done, lopezlinette! Looking forward to your session tomorrow at fraudfest2020 . Will live-tweet all the action. $tsla tesla
lopezlinette elonmusk twice as a many problems as a dodge laff fucking o
lopezlinette 1. Really old story. You $TSLAQ guys already litigated this and lost, the cars are still on the road with the retrofits. 2. The daily traffic report always has a car or truck fire, never a Tesla. Me thinks, the other car companies knowingly installed a tank of flammable liquid.
lopezlinette LOL
lopezlinette Lol rag written by a hack. Linette Lopez should not be allowed to cover Tesla. She’ll be in a court room soon enough explaining the Marty Tripp business.
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lopezlinette business insider fake news
lopezlinette Musk likes to laugh at the misfortune of others.
lopezlinette But, but ESG
lopezlinette Let’s see what surprise Starlink has for us all...?
lopezlinette How to Tweet like Elon Musk
lopezlinette It’s okay, people were being incinerated for the mission (the equity)
lopezlinette Linette Lopez is a lying, corrupt scumbag! Mingles w/ $TSLA short-sellers!!
lopezlinette Crooks come in all flavours.
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lopezlinette lopezlinette the first Model S's shipped without a battery shield either, despite Toyota requiring one for the RAV4 EV for passenger safety. Only after two high-profile fires did Tesla change course. 👇
lopezlinette I'm guessing even with the flaw that the Model S was still safer than 99% of combustion engine cars.
lopezlinette This sounds similar to many things happening for COVID19 too.
lopezlinette All Electric car are ☠️for humanity Electromagnetic
PhenomenalPoto lopezlinette Criminal.
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