May 19, 2024

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Tesla bets on Apple's business model and makes it impossible to repair its batteries

Tesla bets on Apple’s business model and makes it impossible to repair its batteries

when talking about electric car It is inevitable to compare it with smart phone Which you can charge at night and keep using it during the day. This time we will do it again, but with reference to the batteries themselves, which are relatively easy to repair today, but according to forecasts, it will stop very soon.


One of the concerns most interested in complex electricity is precisely Battery lifeWhat happens if they start having problems? Can it be fixed? And the answer is mostly yes, of course it depends on the problem, but in short yes; They are broken down and damaged or damaged cells are extracted and replaced.

Now, in the not-too-distant future what happens with the iPhone, or at least with other models Teslawhich already uses high-density batteries like the latter a modelwhich means that it is running It’s almost impossible to fix According to specialists from Munro Associates.

The company I discovered specializes in dismantling electric cars and their components, and concluded that after two days of trying, They couldn’t get to the new Tesla battery cells.

When trying it out, they commented that the main problem they encountered was Take off the metal cover of the battery, which suffered damages in doing so. After that, the cells were Sealed with a kind of polyurethane.

According to analysts, this coating has important functions such as adding hardness and Ensure thermal balanceHowever, it practically forces owners to replace their battery with a new one if one of the cells is damaged.

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Finally, this leads to the conclusion that Tesla Again targeting the non-automotive technology sector Which is the case, as mentioned earlier, with Apple and its products, it is often easier and “cheaper” to get a new model than to try to replace a broken one.