{"id":2949,"date":"2013-06-21T14:51:30","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T14:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2013-06-21T18:30:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T18:30:32","slug":"sci-tech-tesla-motors-demos-fast-battery-swap-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2949","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Tesla Motors demos fast battery swap system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teslamotors.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Tesla Motors<\/a> demonstrates a system for fast battery swaps that will be an option to free battery charging at their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teslamotors.com\/supercharger\" target=\"_blank\">Supercharger<\/a> stations : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teslamotors.com\/batteryswap?utm_campaign=watchonline.html&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Eloqua&amp;elq=8a02b3422dec4c608546e779aa4fa70c&amp;elqCampaignId=180\" target=\"_d\">Battery Swap &#8211; Tesla Motors<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/68832891\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: A couple of skeptical reviews:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reviews.cnet.com\/8301-13746_7-57590471-48\/tesla-battery-swap-a-dead-end\/\" target=\"_d\">Tesla battery swap a dead-end | The Car Tech blog &#8211; CNET Reviews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/autopia\/2013\/06\/tesla-battery-swap\/\" target=\"_d\">Tesla Unveils Automated 90-Second Battery Swap, But at What Cost? &#8211; Autopia\/Wired.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla Motors demonstrates a system for fast battery swaps that will be an option to free battery charging at their Supercharger stations : Battery Swap &#8211; Tesla Motors Update: A couple of skeptical reviews: Tesla battery swap a dead-end | The Car Tech blog &#8211; CNET Reviews Tesla Unveils Automated 90-Second Battery Swap, But at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2949\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Tesla Motors demos fast battery swap system<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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-2949","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-Lz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9527,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9527","url_meta":{"origin":2949,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Tesla Motors to offer range boost to Roadster [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Elon Musk says that Tesla Motors will offer an upgrade to the Roadster, which is no longer in production, that will increase the range from around 240 miles (~385 km) to nearly 400 miles (~640 km) -\u00a0Elon Musk on Twitter: Roadster upgrade will enable non-stop travel from LA to SF\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":4615,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4615","url_meta":{"origin":2949,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: Hyperloop update + Better Li-ion battery + Tesla patents hybrid battery system","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A study of Elon Musk's hyperloop super fast mass transit concept finds that it appears to be feasible: Hyperloop sounds crazy ... but simulation says it just might work - NBC News.com === A reader points to this article about a project that could triple the energy density of Li-ion\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":2949,"position":2},"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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