{"id":11594,"date":"2015-10-18T22:41:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T02:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11594"},"modified":"2015-10-18T22:41:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T02:41:46","slug":"sci-tech-video-jb-straubel-of-tesla-motors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11594","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech video: JB Straubel of Tesla Motors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This video shows\u00a0an interesting talk given at the University of Nevada\u00a0at\u00a0Reno by\u00a0JB Straubel, co-founder and chief technical officer of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.TeslaMotors.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tesla Motors.<\/a>\u00a0He\u00a0reviewed the history of electric cars, the founding and growth\u00a0of Tesla, the challenge of creating affordable high energy density batteries, Tesla&#8217;s plans for the lower cost Model 3 sedan, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teslamotors.com\/gigafactory\" target=\"_blank\">Gigafactory<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k10BOn-ixEU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video shows\u00a0an interesting talk given at the University of Nevada\u00a0at\u00a0Reno by\u00a0JB Straubel, co-founder and chief technical officer of Tesla Motors.\u00a0He\u00a0reviewed the history of electric cars, the founding and growth\u00a0of Tesla, the challenge of creating affordable high energy density batteries, Tesla&#8217;s plans for the lower cost Model 3 sedan, the Gigafactory, and more. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-310","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2949,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2949","url_meta":{"origin":11594,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Tesla Motors demos fast battery swap system","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Tesla Motors demonstrates a system for fast battery swaps that will be an option to free battery charging at their Supercharger stations : Battery Swap - Tesla Motors Update: A couple of skeptical reviews: Tesla battery swap a dead-end | The Car Tech blog - CNET Reviews Tesla Unveils Automated\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4788,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4788","url_meta":{"origin":11594,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: Elon Musk responds to Tesla Model S fire","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"As you may have heard, a Tesla Motors Model S vehicle caught on fire in Seattle on Thursday after striking metallic debris on the freeway:\u00a0Elon Musk defends Tesla electric car after fire - USA Today [incl. video report]. 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