According to the automobile website How Stuff Works, if you climb into the seat of a high-performance car that costs six figures you cannot help but notice how comfortable and fancy it is. Not only is this car silent, but it also does not burn a single drop of gasoline. The Tesla electric car is very environment friendly and it is powered by four main systems: the energy storage system, the power electronics module, an electric motor, a sequential manual transmission. But how do Tesla’s electric cars actually work? The battery in each Tesla car is actually made up of thousands of lithium-ion cells that have a combined weight of about a thousand pounds. The charging process is very similar to the way we charge our devices we use on a daily basis, but with a much more powerful battery. There are a few ways to go about charging your Tesla electric car. Tesla recommends getting an electrician to install a recharging station at your home, called a High Power Wall Charger. You can also plug in to 100-volt outlets via a mobile connector that allows you to charge wherever you find time and electricity. And, of course, you could always go green by installing solar panels to generate charge at home. So what does all that electricity get used for? To power a watermelon-sized motor that converts mechanical power into electricity but also turns that mechanical power into more electricity. As previously mentioned there is a specific way in which these type of cars get charged and that’s through electrical charging systems. We are not very familiar with them because they have recently been exposed to our society. There are four types of electrical charging stations: Residential charging stations, charging while parked, fast charging at public charging stations >40 kW, delivering over 60 miles (100 km) of range in 10–30 minutes, and battery swaps or charges in under 15 minutes. Although this new system can be costly it is for sure better for our environment. Electric car manufacturers, charging infrastructure providers, and regional governments have entered into many agreements and ventures to promote and provide electric vehicle networks of public charging.
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“Tesla’s Model X And The Mainstreaming Of The Electric Car.” Fast Company. N.p., 05 Oct. 2015. Web. 07 Oct. 2015.
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