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To: 2aProtectsTheRest
A Model 3 can get 75 miles of charge in 5 minutes. It takes about 37 minutes to go from 5% to 90%. EPA estimated total range of 353 miles on a charge.

That's not too bad, these things will be the norm in 25 years. Pretty soon there will be a collectors market for gas powered vehicles I imagine.

44 posted on 06/03/2021 1:15:40 PM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: 1Old Pro

They’ve dropped charging time by about 50% in the past 10 years. Another 10 years and it’ll probably close to halve again. Most of the challenges are just around preventing overheating in the batteries, so some clever tricks with cooling could probably drop that quite a bit.

Meanwhile, the top end Tesla has an EPA rating of 412 miles on a charge. I can see that reaching >500 miles easily within the next 10 years. Combine that with a fully functioning autopilot (and 10+ years additional development, I can see that), and your road trips probably have mom, dad, and the kids playing Monopoly together while the car deals with the traffic and navigation. Whole different world.

I’ll hang on to my fun gas cars until I’m dead though. Even if they start restricting where I can drive them, I like fast cars and engine noise. Probably get an electric car at some point as a daily driver.


47 posted on 06/03/2021 1:52:10 PM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: 1Old Pro

Audi, VW, Hyundai / KIA and Porsche all currently support 800v super chargers and 1000v 400 amp is on the way in 5 years or less not 25. 800v are 250 to 300 kw charging rates that’s under 10 min for a 5 to 80% of a 60kWh pack.

https://electricrevs.com/2018/03/21/j1772-updated-to-400a-dc-at-1000v/


60 posted on 06/04/2021 6:35:29 PM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici" )
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