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Elon Musk Releases Master Plan, Part Deux

posted by n1 on Friday July 22 2016, @10:17AM   Printer-friendly
from the let-me-buy-solar-city-from-myself dept.

wirelessduck writes:

https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-deux

So, in short, Master Plan, Part Deux is:

Create stunning solar roofs with seamlessly integrated battery storage
Expand the electric vehicle product line to address all major segments
Develop a self-driving capability that is 10X safer than manual via massive fleet learning
Enable your car to make money for you when you aren't using it

Previously: Elon Musk's "Top Secret Tesla Masterplan, Part 2"

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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday July 22 2016, @03:15PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Friday July 22 2016, @03:15PM (#378557) Journal

    That's a really interesting idea. If you had roof solar panels that unfold a la Mars Rover you could turn your Jeep into a mobile mini-fab.

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  • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Friday July 22 2016, @06:26PM

    by JNCF (4317) on Friday July 22 2016, @06:26PM (#378701) Journal

    Gull-wing doors + solar panels = WINNING!

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Knowledge Troll on Friday July 22 2016, @06:33PM

    by Knowledge Troll (5948) on Friday July 22 2016, @06:33PM (#378707) Homepage Journal

    Do you know something I don't know? Do you know what the required surface area would be for photovoltaic cells to power a welder would be? A small welder needs around 2kw and that is for plate steel on the order of 1/2" to 3/8" - sheet metal can get away with a lot less but is very limiting. One saving element here might be duty cycle - in 10% duty cycle the welder runs for 1 minute out of 10 minutes; this would give the batteries a chance to charge during the down time.

    And yes I am a trained welder. I've got hundreds of hours of lab under my belt and qualified to weld structural steel up to 1/2" thick in all positions, including overhead.

    • (Score: 2) by Knowledge Troll on Friday July 22 2016, @06:38PM

      by Knowledge Troll (5948) on Friday July 22 2016, @06:38PM (#378710) Homepage Journal

      Half inch plate takes a fuck ton of power and a lot of passes.

    • (Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Saturday July 23 2016, @04:52AM

      by Scruffy Beard 2 (6030) on Saturday July 23 2016, @04:52AM (#378925)

      About 300W per square meter at 30% efficiency (full sun). So, we at talking 4m2 per kW, or 8m2 for 2 kW.

      In imperial, that would be about 6ftx12ft.

      Psuedoedit: Checked Wikipedia [wikipedia.org], and those numbers are within an order of magnitude.

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Saturday July 23 2016, @04:58AM

        by Scruffy Beard 2 (6030) on Saturday July 23 2016, @04:58AM (#378926)

        That's what a get for failing to show my work: I meant 100W/m2. implying 20m2 for 2kW.