中国储能网讯：据外媒Caranddriver报道，特斯拉CEO埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）在与挪威特斯拉用户交谈后暗示将为Model S提供更多的电池容量。目前Model S电池组在特斯拉产品中容量最高，可容纳85千瓦时电能足够行使265英里。

马斯克并没有具体谈到这一问题。“未来电池组容量将有很大潜力，不过可能要等到明年才会推出类似的东西。重点是……我们如何减少电池存储每千瓦时电能的成本？”换句话说比起电池容量马斯克更关心为即将推出的中型轿车提供更便宜的电池组，预计2015年特斯拉中型轿车将亮相底特律汽车展。

“我们的目标是将每千瓦时成本减少30%到40%。”为此特斯拉需要以“千兆工厂”（gigafactory）的方式提高产能。“千兆工厂”每年可生产30千兆瓦时——马斯克称这比2012年全世界锂工厂的产能还要多。

马斯克还提到Model S其他方面的增强计划，包括下拉式中控台、更舒适的前座以及更适于高速时操作的“高速公路包”，但汽车高度上不会有什么变化。（元器件交易网毛毛 译）

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Having a friendly chat with a group ofTesla owners in Norway, brand CEO Elon Musk intimated that more-powerfulbatteries could be on the way for the Model S. The most potent battery packcurrently offered in the Model S holds 85 kWh of juice, or enough for 265 milesof driving.

Musk wasn’t terribly specific, however:“There is the potential for bigger battery packs in the future, but it wouldprobably be maybe next year or something like that. The main focus is . . . howdo we reduce the cost per kWh of storage in the battery pack?” In other words,Musk seems less concerned with stronger battery packs than making cheaperbattery packs for the upcoming mid-size sedan, which is expected to be unveiledat the 2015 Detroit auto show.

“Our goal is to drop the cost per kWh by 30 percent to 40 percent.”And for that, Tesla would need to build more production capacity in the form ofa “gigafactory,” capable of churning out 30 gigawatt-hours annually—which Muskclaims is more than the entire world’s lithium-ion factory production in 2012.

Musk also mentioned plans for otherenhancements to the Model S, including a drop-in center console,more-comfortable front seats, and an “Autobahn package” that will havesuspension changes to make it better suited to high-speed handling.Unfortunately, there would be no change to the car’s top speed, but even thatis something Musk says he would like to have down the road.