“75 miles every five minutes”
Still way too slow.
That’s 25 minutes for a reasonable 375 mile range.
And Teslas don’t have that much range.
“Still way too slow. That’s 25 minutes for a reasonable 375 mile range.”
True, and on top of that, charging any battery that fast cannot be done when it starts to top out (or you have another Tesla fireworks show), so, at most, they’ll get to 80% charge and then taper down and charge much slower...and they may even have to taper at 70%, as the 80% number applies to the existing stations, which charge at half the rate.
Bottom line, if you want their advertised charge rate, you will probably have to stop every 150 miles, versus at least twice that in a real car, something 3 times as far.
Also, 250 kW of power is nothing to sneeze at (roughly 250 houses with AC off). For solar power, you’d need around 1200 panels (and that’s just for one car), and only with near-direct sunlight. I’ve counted the panels on their Supercharging stations, roughly 100. So, how are they going to pull of that stunt? Just kidding, we all know those panels are for propaganda and may not even be wired up.
Still way too slow.
It'll get you home from work. That's the point.