Comment on Inside a Tesla Model S Battery PackComments−ck212ySeems like there is a lot of room for improvement?Reducing the sheer number of casings on individual cells would radically reduce weight/volume.Then with less groups of cells you could actually have the BMS monitor them like my lifepo lithium battery for bicycle.−Gravityloss11yThere are reports that the casing is a significant portion of the pack price.It might not be that the number of layers makes it fundamentally expensive.But instead the design and manufacturing might not be yet very optimized.−aberkowitz11yI'm pretty sure the casings are there for fire isolation−ck211yYes but couldn't you have a casing that holds a dozen cells instead of a casing on each individual cell?If a cell burns it is going to take out its neighbors anyway.Or they could start to do something similar to LiFePo4 which will not burn.−retroencabulato11yFuck safety, they should just stuff the door panels with cells!
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Seems like there is a lot of room for improvement?
Reducing the sheer number of casings on individual cells would radically reduce weight/volume.
Then with less groups of cells you could actually have the BMS monitor them like my lifepo lithium battery for bicycle.
There are reports that the casing is a significant portion of the pack price.
It might not be that the number of layers makes it fundamentally expensive.But instead the design and manufacturing might not be yet very optimized.
I'm pretty sure the casings are there for fire isolation
Yes but couldn't you have a casing that holds a dozen cells instead of a casing on each individual cell?
If a cell burns it is going to take out its neighbors anyway.
Or they could start to do something similar to LiFePo4 which will not burn.
Fuck safety, they should just stuff the door panels with cells!