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To: aquila48

“can be fully charged in five minutes”

“80% charge in under 10 minutes”


37 posted on 01/10/2026 10:02:44 AM PST by Ken H (Freeper #240 - Dec 05, 1997)
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To: Ken H; BereanBrain

“can be fully charged in five minutes”

Let’s see....

Assuming a battery of 100KWH (Tesla size). With 240 volts, you would need 100,000/240 = 417 amps for an hour. To do it in 5 minutes you would need 12 times that, or 5000 amps!!

If you use a voltage 4 times that which is what the superchargers use, you still would need to pump through 1250 amps.

You would need a cable the size of a fire hose, and I doubt the battery could handle being flooded with all those electrons in such a short time.

Or did I screw up somewhere?


79 posted on 01/10/2026 1:02:20 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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