FutureBoy
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I don't have specific sources or quotes to give but based on what I've been reading, my intuition says that the new 4680 cells will be able to charge much faster than Tesla has let on so far. Additionally, with the CT3 having over 500 miles of range (I know, in a Baja race actual range would be much shorter) it seems to me that the CT will be able to compete much better than anyone is imagining so far.My only concern about Baja is charging times and locations. They are going to need to add portable Superchargers all over the place to make it work.
I do agree that there will be a need for portable superchargers and probably quite a few of them. But Tesla has the resources for that. I can totally imagine a number of trucks with portable chargers in the back being stationed at regular intervals along the race route. And since the support vehicles charging batteries can get fully charged before the start of the race, all they have to do is drive out to the various assigned charging locations and then wait for the competing CT to get to them. Once charged, they can head back to be used in the future at some other event. And if these portable charges were built as a packaged assembly, they could be moved from truck to truck. So between uses of the portable chargers, the trucks themselves could be doing other unrelated work. In fact, imagine if the support trucks were also CT3's. Say 20 CT3's drive out to the various charging spots along the route with full portable charging stations in the bed. 20 charging stations would give us an average of just 50 miles between charging stations. These could be stationed the night before if necessary. Then at the start of the race the 1 or 2 competing CT3's start the race at the appropriate time. As they reach each of the charging stops, they get topped up (say just to 80% so that the charging speed does not get diminished). Then they continue on to the next charging stop. Meanwhile, the CT that had the portable charging station in the back now takes a leisurely drive back to the start. Once the race is completed, the portable charging stations can be removed from the CT's and they can be sold, used for promo's, shown off, etc. Assuming the race judges require some modification to the CT3 in order to race (roll bars? will they be necessary?), the CT3 that competed could be repaired (surely there will be something that needs work) and then saved to be raced again. The portable chargers could be used in subsequent races too. And the support trucks could just be returned to whatever purpose they had before being used as a support truck.
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