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Tesla Electric Vehicle Design Overview

This document discusses the design technologies used in Tesla electric vehicles. It begins by providing background on Tesla, including that it specializes in electric car and solar panel manufacturing. It then lists the key components of an electric car, including batteries, motor controller, electric engine, DC converter, contactors, and charger. For batteries, it describes the main types as lithium-ion, lead acid, and nickel metal hydride. The motor controller administers power distribution and monitoring. The electric engine uses either AC or DC current. A DC converter changes the voltage level of a DC source. Contactors are electrically controlled switches for higher current circuits. And the charger supplies energy for recharging electric vehicles.

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Tesla Electric Vehicle Design Overview

This document discusses the design technologies used in Tesla electric vehicles. It begins by providing background on Tesla, including that it specializes in electric car and solar panel manufacturing. It then lists the key components of an electric car, including batteries, motor controller, electric engine, DC converter, contactors, and charger. For batteries, it describes the main types as lithium-ion, lead acid, and nickel metal hydride. The motor controller administers power distribution and monitoring. The electric engine uses either AC or DC current. A DC converter changes the voltage level of a DC source. Contactors are electrically controlled switches for higher current circuits. And the charger supplies energy for recharging electric vehicles.

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Topic –Tesla electric vehicle Design technologies

Submitted To-Ajmer Singh


Presented by Sandeep Kumar
 Tesla, Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors, Inc.), is an American automotive and
energy company based in Palo Alto, California.
 The company specializes in electric car manufacturing and, through its
SolarCity subsidiary, solar panel manufacturing.
 Tesla was founded in July 2003, by engineers Martin Eberhard and Marc
Tarpenning.
 The company's name is a tribute to engineer Nikola Tesla.
Need of Electrical vehicles
Cheaper to run
Cheaper to maintain
No fuel, no emissions
Reduced Noise Pollution
Components of An electric car

• Battery
• Motor
Controller
• Electric Engine
• DC Converter
• Contactors
• Charger
Batteries
The battery of an electric car can be charged through the use of
ordinary grid electricity at a specialized power station. But aside from
the conventional lithium-ion battery technologies, there are also other
major battery technologies which can be used for electric cars.
 Lithium-Ion Batteries: This battery technology gives extra
performance and range. However, it also carries the highest price
tag. Lithium-ion batteries are lighter than Lead acid and Nickel
metal. These are also the batteries used in digital cameras and
smartphones.
 Lead Acid Batteries: This battery technology is the most popular. It
is also the cheapest among the battery technologies. What’s good
about it is it’s 97% recyclable.
 Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries: This battery technology provides
higher output and better performance but it costs much more than
lead-acid batteries.
Motor Controller
The motor controller of an electric car administers its complete operation and the
distribution of its power at any given moment. It acts as a floodgate between the
motor and batteries. It helps monitor and regulates all key performance indications
such as the vehicle’s operator, motor, battery, and accelerator pedal. It has a
microprocessor which can limit or redirect current. It is used to either improve the
mechanical performance of the car or suit the operator’s driving style. There are also
more refined controllers which are capable of greater accuracy and thus, higher
efficiency.
Electric Engine
Unlike a gasoline engine with lots of moving parts, an electric engine or motor only
has one moving part. This makes it a very reliable source of motive power. Choosing an
electric engine depends on your car’s system voltage. They can be structured to use
either AC or DC current. AC motors are less expensive and lighter compared to DC
engines. They are also more common and they tend to suffer from less mechanical
wear and tear. However, AC technology requires a more refined or sophisticated motor
controller.
DC Converter
DC-to-DC converter is an electronic circuit or electromechanical device that converts
a source of direct current (DC) from one voltage level to another. It is a type of
electric power converter. Power levels range from very low (small batteries) to very
high (high-voltage power transmission).

Contactors
A contactor is an electrically controlled switch used for switching a power circuit,
similar to a relay except with higher current ratings. A contactor is controlled by a
circuit which has a much lower power level than the switched circuit.

Charger
An electric vehicle charging station, also called EV charging station, electric
recharging point, charging point, charge point, ECS (electronic charging station),
and EVSE (electric vehicle supply equipment), is an element in an infrastructure that
supplies electric energy for the recharging of plug-in electric vehicles—including
electric cars, neighborhood electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.
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