{"id":125563,"date":"2021-07-27T17:22:40","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T00:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/teslas-elon-musk-ponders-12v-lithium-ion-battery-replacements-for-older-cars"},"modified":"2021-07-27T17:22:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T00:22:40","slug":"teslas-elon-musk-ponders-12v-lithium-ion-battery-replacements-for-older-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/teslas-elon-musk-ponders-12v-lithium-ion-battery-replacements-for-older-cars","title":{"rendered":"Tesla\u2019s Elon Musk ponders 12V lithium-ion battery replacements for older cars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/teslas-elon-musk-ponders-12v-lithium-ion-battery-replacements-for-older-cars.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk recently hinted at a very welcome and simple update for Tesla\u2019s vehicles, especially those which have already replaced their 12-volt batteries in the past. According to the CEO, Tesla would be looking into the idea of equipping older vehicles with a 12-volt lithium-ion battery, similar to the Model S Plaid.<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s update came as a response to Tesla owner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rich_teer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rich Teer<\/a>, who inquired if it was possible to have the company\u2019s older vehicles be equipped with the company\u2019s newer 12-volt lithium-ion battery. This was a good point considering that the conventional 12-volt lead-acid battery used in vehicles like the Model 3 and Model Y tend to get discharged, in some cases, multiple times per year.<\/p>\n<p>In his response, Musk stated that Tesla would try to roll out such an initiative, especially as it would be beneficial for the company\u2019s cars. A 12-volt lithium-ion battery would last far longer than a conventional lead-acid battery, after all, and according to Musk, Tesla\u2019s goal is to reduce service in its vehicles anyway. \u201cUnlike other makers of cars, our goal is *not* to profit from service. Best service is not needing service in the first place,\u201d Musk noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk recently hinted at a very welcome and simple update for Tesla\u2019s vehicles, especially those which have already replaced their 12-volt batteries in the past. According to the CEO, Tesla would be looking into the idea of equipping older vehicles with a 12-volt lithium-ion battery, similar to the Model S Plaid. Musk\u2019s update came [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2019,17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elon-musk","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}