Elon Musk is not only a “troll” on Twitter, but also in real life. The tycoon likes to grab attention with products that make you wonder why they exist; for example, The Boring Company’s flamethrower that he released just to promote his new business.
[Por qué los Tesla son más baratos ahora, y por qué no deberías tirarte a por uno]
The device launched today by Tesla is similar, in the sense that it has little to do with the rest of the brand’s products; although it is true that a distant relationship has. It’s a wireless charger that costs nothing less than $300, and no, I got the number of zeros wrong.
Tesla’s mobile charger
The Tesla wireless charging platform seems to have been born with two goals: first, to beat Apple on its home turf and second, to promote one of its cars. To explain the first, we must remember that one of Apple’s great failures was AirPower, a wireless charging base that promised to be able to charge any device in any way.
Typically, wireless chargers don’t have a lot of headroom; Either place the device where the charging coil is or nothing will happen. Apple intended to solve this problem with an ambitious multi-coil system that caused engineers many headaches over issues such as heat generation, reliability, and safety. All of this forced Apple to cancel AirPower before its release.
Tesla’s charging station seems to deliver on Apple’s broken promises. AT 30 charging coils overlap along the surface; They are enough to top up the mobile no matter how you say it, or at least that’s the theory. This also means that it is compatible with all kinds of devices, such as wireless earphone charging cases. We don’t have to worry about placing them in the bounded area like we do with other chargers.
How did Tesla do what Apple couldn’t? Well, take other people’s work. The first means that were able to test the charging base confirmed that it is a modified version of the Nomad Base Station Pro, which was launched a few years ago but did not achieve great commercial success because of its high price of 230 Dollars.
And that’s where the joke comes in: Tesla’s charging base It costs nothing less than 300 dollars, an absurd price no matter how you look at it. The rationale is that this is a product for most Tesla fans, since its design is apparently inspired by the new Tesla Cybertruck; although honestly the only part that really looks like it is the power adapter. In addition, the first tests indicate that the charger takes a few seconds to activate when the mobile is placed on it, and that it heats up more than a conventional wireless charger.
We’re not going to judge who buys this device, but if you do, you should know very well what you’re buying. More than a revolution, it is a curiosity, although that does not mean that it is not interesting if you have already reserved your Cybertruck and you have money left to accompany it.
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