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26.06.2013

Electric vehicle maker Tesla has unveiled a long-awaited technology: an automated quick-change battery for electric vehicles. Now the owners of the electric car do not have to wait at the gas station for 5 hours until the battery is charged - the robot will replace it with a charged one in just 90 seconds.

The new technology was personally presented by the famous innovator and businessman Elon Musk. In general, Tesla has long been "teased" with this novelty, in particular, the Tesla Model S electric car initially has a quick-change battery. It remained only to develop the appropriate equipment for refueling. The Americans have chosen a fully automated system for this, which takes even less time to change the battery than it takes to refuel with conventional gasoline.

Initially, Tesla will install the new automated systems at its electric stations along some of the busiest US freeways, specifically on the inter-state roads along the West Coast and on the roads between Washington and Boston. If the tests in the normal operating mode go well, the network of robotic electric filling stations will expand. Apparently, Tesla may well take over the electric gas station market, because whoever deploys it first is likely to force electric car manufacturers to adjust to their standards.

The cost of each automated electric refueling will be about $500, and the cost of replacing the battery (that is, refueling an electric vehicle) Model S will be equivalent to the cost of 000 liters of gasoline - that's $57-50 depending on the region. It turns out that refueling a Model S electric car will be more expensive than a conventional gasoline car, because for the same money you can drive 65-1,5 times more distance in a gasoline car. However, the Model S is actually much more profitable to drive, since an electric car can be charged at home, and a full charge of an 2 kWh battery at regular grid rates will cost a matter of dollars, and you can drive up to 85 km on this cheap charge - more than enough for most trips. In the event that you need to go further, you can use the new robotic electric refueling. The price of replacing a battery can hardly be lower, because the equipment of electric refueling is not cheap, and besides, you have to produce several batteries for one produced car, which in itself requires investments.

It is not yet clear exactly how the batteries will be replaced, because the owners of the new battery will not want to be replaced with an old and "hackneyed" one. Apparently, while it will look like a rental - on the way back, the owner will be able to take his charged battery back. At first glance, this is a complex system, but it must be borne in mind that electric transport has only just begun to develop. In any case, in some countries, electric vehicles are already much more affordable than gasoline cars. For example, the same Tesla Model S in the USA can be taken on credit with a payment of $580 per month (the cost of a car with an 85 kWh battery is $72). Given the savings on gas and maintenance, for many American families, this is even more profitable than newer gas cars.

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