Maybe I skipped some of the video…
DC-DC step up/down converters have been around for years. I missed why it’s groundbreaking here
Yeah, Buck/Boost... it looks like very high power, very small package along with over 95% efficiency. Seems like a defense contractor branching into consumer sales.
Other than that not sure what works differently than the average switch mode supply.
My understanding as to why Tesla and other companies have not done this is to keep the HV and low voltage completely apart for accidents and the like.
I wonder what his answer is for a car ends up in the drink maybe salt water.
No way I would want any 800 volt supply wires to those step down units anywhere outside of a sealed pack.
Trying to swim out a door window I would not want 800 volts at multiple step down locations under the hood.
Even though The Model "Y" was top is sales for the list of 2023 SUVs sold, RAV4 won the best/most popular SUV. It has to be the pregnant sedan look that got it knocked down. Of the top 25 SUVs the Model Y is the only one that looks like a sedan instead of a SUV.
Yep, but the RAV 4's can look kind of cheap with all the slapped on external plastic pieces. Also there is no performance comparability on the higher model of each.
Then again the model Y does not have Good ground clearance for Rural bad roads / driveways either.
That could be a deal breaker for many as well.
RAV 4 has more ground clearance.
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