Tesla, the electric car manufacturer, is slowly shaping the future of how people drive their cars. In fact, all the things the company wants to accomplish by the year 2020 are nothing short of ambitious. Fully Autonomous Vehicles, electric semi-trucks, and a mobility service are just a few of the promises Tesla plans to materialize within three years.
With that said, let’s review the other innovations Tesla is looking to accomplish.
More battery juice for Tesla cars
Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, is planning to increase their Electric Cars’ travel distance significantly on a single charge.
He also added that he wants his electric vehicles to increase its range by five to 10 percent a year.
The Model S currently holds a record of traveling 800 kilometers before running out of battery juice in 2015. Musk is looking to increase that distance to 1000 kilometers in 2017.
Increase the number of Superchargers by 2018
Speaking of charging, Musk also plans to double the number of Tesla’s Superchargers by the year 2018 to meet the demands of increasing electric cars on the road.
The Supercharger is the “gas station” of electric cars where it can charge 200 miles worth of power in just 30 minutes.
There are currently 3,600 Superchargers worldwide, and Tesla is planning to make that 10,000 by the end of the year.
Moreover, Tesla is planning to add 1,000 Superchargers in California alone.
Fully autonomous vehicles by 2020
Tesla is set to have driverless vehicles by unveiling its latest technology called Enhanced Autopilot. However, Musk claims that there aren’t any laws that would regulate the system at the time of its launch, which is why autonomous vehicles would have to wait until 2020.
In other words, the government is not quite ready for Tesla’s self-driving cars.
Meanwhile, the company is planning a test run of its driverless vehicle from Los Angeles to New York by the end of this year.
The completion of Tesla’s Gigafactory
The Gigafactory, the company’s battery factory located in Nevada, will be a pivotal part of Tesla’s aim to cut battery costs once the factory opens in 2018.
The factory is said to be 5.5 million square feet in size and is reportedly capable of producing more battery cells than any other manufacturers have ever made. In fact, the name Gigafactory comes from the company’s planned battery production capacity per year of 35 gigawatt-hours.
Let’s hope that these promises by Tesla will become a reality in the next few years.
