I never said they invented it, the innovation was the modular packaging/cooling.
On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 1:41 PM EV List Lackey via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19 Dec 2022 at 12:28, (-Phil-) via EV wrote: > > > They took ACPs powertrain, Lotus' chassis, and some pretty innovative > > laptop 18650 battery packaging > > Gage and Eberhard / Tesla didn't invent the idea of using massive numbers > of > laptop cells. I'm not so sure anyone did, as the concept of parallel > lithium > cells could probably be called prior art, though hardly on such a scale. > > However, Alan Cocconi *may* have been the first to apply it to an EV. > Again, > it was the T-zero. He used 6,800 (!) 18650 cells in 2003. > > At the time, I didn't think it could be practical for production, because > of > the massive number of potential failure points. I have to give Tesla > credit > for finding a way to make it work in a (limited) production vehicle. > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my > offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > A successful tool is one that was used to do something > undreamed of by its author. > -- SC Johnson > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20221219/a2b825c8/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
