DocumentCode
1637159
Title
Reliability insights from 15 million electric miles
Author
Sarakakis, Georgios ; Lassar, Noah ; Frederickson, Christian
Author_Institution
Tesla Motors, Palo Alto, CA, USA
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
Abstract
The Tesla Roadster hit the streets in 2008 as the first and only fully electric production supercar. Since 2008, over 1,800 Roadsters have been accumulating zero emission miles in more than 31 countries. In this paper we provide insights and lessons learned from supporting the Roadster´s field performance and reliability with over 15 million all-electric miles driven by Roadster owners. This discussion is presented through elements of Tesla´s reliability program, field service strategy and continuous improvement efforts.
Keywords
electric vehicles; reliability; Tesla Roadster; electric miles; emission miles; field service strategy; fully electric production supercar; reliability insights; Companies; Electric vehicles; Measurement; Production; Reliability engineering; electric vehicle reliability; lessons learned;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), 2012 Proceedings - Annual
Conference_Location
Reno, NV
ISSN
0149-144X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1849-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/RAMS.2012.6175469
Filename
6175469
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