New Orleans Extended Stay Hotel - Electric Car Technology May Simplify Your Life

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By - Jack Collins
Category - New Orleans Extended Stay Hotel
Posted By - Homewood Suites New Orleans

New Orleans Extended Stay Hotel

Battery pack upgrades may be in the future for the electric car. It is a logical idea that greatly favors the battery over the internal combustion engine. 

The idea is that you would simply swap out an outmoded technology with less battery range for the new, so if you could get increasing range with periodic battery upgrades, you might not need or want to buy a new car. Of course, the extent of the range increase would be the primary consideration as to whether to upgrade or not.       

On an April 26 Tesla conference call, CEO Elon Musk expressed: “I love upgrades. Upgrades are awesome.” This was in response to a journalist’s question on the subject of battery technology upgrades. Musk made no assurances that this will be the case at Tesla, but he was obviously interested in talking about the subject. 

The conference call that day was on the new service and warranty program for Tesla. In his remarks on the new program, Musk stated: “We’re making the annual service contract optional, so unlike gasoline cars, an electric car doesn’t need oil changes, fuel filters, spark plugs, smog checks, and all that. They’re only needed if you’re burning oil. In fact, you don’t even need to replace the brake pads, because most of the braking energy is captured by the motor and returned to the battery.”

Does all this sound better to you? It does to me. I was never the type to want to tinker with a car anyhow, so simpler maintenance sounds great to me. As to upgrades, yes, I think upgrades are awesome too.