Elon Musk rips into Nissan Leaf's"primitive"batteries— Autoblog Green

If there's ever going to be a green car cage match, we can guarantee that one of the fighters will beTesla MotorsCEO Elon Musk, who apparently can't pass up the chance to take on an competitor. His latest target? The lithium-ion battery pack in theNissan Leaf, about which Musk had some critical things to say in a conference call with investors this week.

Even though Nissan is supremely confident in the ability of its battery pack, Musk said it was a"much more primitive level of technology"than even Tesla's first prototype. Musk also said that the Leaf pack will have temperatures"all over the place"that will cause it to suffer"huge degradation"in cold environments and basically"shut off"in hot environments, according toEarth2Tech. Tesla's battery has a more sophisticated/complicated cooling system than the air-cooled system found in the Leaf pack, but Nissan hasstrongly support its battery packwith an8-year, 100,000-mile warrantyand has been working on lithium-ion battery techonology for a long time. We imagine theyknow what they're doing, and the proof will be in driveways soon enough.

{Source:Earth2Tech}

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