Tesla plans: precious metal-free motors, new Supercharger and ‘next-generation model’
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Tesla’s chief designer, Franz von Holzhausen, told investors at the event that while he wanted to show them the next-generation vehicle, it will come “at a later date”. Later in the same presentation, however, the company’s powertrain boss Colin Campbell said that Tesla is working towards having no precious metals at all in the next-gen car’s motors.
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He also said that all Teslas from Cybertruck onwards would be based on a 48-volt electronics architecture, and predicted that the next spec of drive unit, with 75 per cent less silicon carbide, would have an “all-in cost of around $1,000 [£831]”. “We don’t think there’s anyone else in the auto industry who’s anywhere near that level,” he said. Tesla is still aiming to be able to produce the car for half the cost of the current Model 3.
Rebecca Tinucci, Tesla’s boss of charging infrastructure, revealed that more than half of all of the firm’s Superchargers across Europe are now open to non-Tesla models. She also said that a new generation of charger is being rolled out, complete with a longer cable designed to make it easier to hook up non-Teslas to the system, and teased a Supercharger charging ‘location’ based around a diner restaurant.
Two shrouded vehicles appeared in slides shown at the event; one looked like a type of boxy MPV, while the other appeared to have a saloon silhouette that could even be an evolution of the existing Model S.
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