Tesla motors would not be rated at a tesla vehicles rated hp for an industrial application, they are not expected to operate at 100% duty cycle.
If you want to look at industrial motors for sale at a gold standard place like Grainger, a 250hp (sticker hp Model 3 equivalent) motor is $30,000 - $40,000 just for the motor, no VFD, no mounting, no installation.
Just the power cable that you need for a 400A 3 phase service might run something like $40-50/foot on the floor? It is so expensive you can’t even get a good reference on Google. Have to hope you have 3 phase available at all, and that you are close to the pole. A housing site with an excavator you might want 300′? 500′? Another $12,000 - $20,000
So far it is at $67,000 - $90,000 just sitting on the floor, and you need to be highly certified to touch any of those things in a commercial settings.
Edit: Just to add, the above motor weights 3000lb and uses something like 130kw/hour, so even a Tesla 3 battery would last approximately 30 minutes.
You’re using Grainger list prices? Seriously? If you actually dealt with buying stuff for industry, you’d know that their prices are much lower when you have a big account with them, and that there are cheaper options.
Grainger is the first thing that came to mind as a legitimate reference that has pricing online.
I don’t think you have invalidated any of my points, that the hp of a tesla motor doesn’t make any sense to compare with hp ratings of an excavator motor, that high hp electric powerplants are very expensive, that adding VFD’s which are not operationally necessary is a large cost and is most often left off in favor of running the motors.
Tesla motors would not be rated at a tesla vehicles rated hp for an industrial application, they are not expected to operate at 100% duty cycle.
If you want to look at industrial motors for sale at a gold standard place like Grainger, a 250hp (sticker hp Model 3 equivalent) motor is $30,000 - $40,000 just for the motor, no VFD, no mounting, no installation.
https://www.grainger.com/category/motors/ac-motors/definite-purpose-motors?attrs=HP%7C250&filters=attrs
Another $15,000 - $30,000 for the VFD
https://www.grainger.com/search/motors/motor-drives-speed-controls/variable-frequency-drives-accessories/variable-frequency-drives?attrs=Maximum+Output+Power%7C250+hp&filters=attrs&searchQuery=VFD&sst=4&tv_optin=true
Just the power cable that you need for a 400A 3 phase service might run something like $40-50/foot on the floor? It is so expensive you can’t even get a good reference on Google. Have to hope you have 3 phase available at all, and that you are close to the pole. A housing site with an excavator you might want 300′? 500′? Another $12,000 - $20,000
So far it is at $67,000 - $90,000 just sitting on the floor, and you need to be highly certified to touch any of those things in a commercial settings.
Edit: Just to add, the above motor weights 3000lb and uses something like 130kw/hour, so even a Tesla 3 battery would last approximately 30 minutes.
You’re using Grainger list prices? Seriously? If you actually dealt with buying stuff for industry, you’d know that their prices are much lower when you have a big account with them, and that there are cheaper options.
Grainger is the first thing that came to mind as a legitimate reference that has pricing online.
I don’t think you have invalidated any of my points, that the hp of a tesla motor doesn’t make any sense to compare with hp ratings of an excavator motor, that high hp electric powerplants are very expensive, that adding VFD’s which are not operationally necessary is a large cost and is most often left off in favor of running the motors.