[Arthur McGowan]

Like a typical journalist, the reporter neglects my first question: How many kilowatt-hours does it suck up in those 3.5 hours?

[Nowhere Man]

Like a typical journalist, the reporter neglects my first question: How many kilowatt-hours does it suck up in those 3.5 hours?

Well, I remember they asked this question back in the 1970s in an old "Elementary Electronics" magazine where the answer would have been that you would need a large gauge wires to handle all the electricity needed to recharge such a car in short a time. Of course, the higher the voltage, the lower the amps you needs, so maybe, just MAYBE, you can do it on a 220/240 VAC outlet, we need the specs to be sure. Don't forget, you will not always have to go top speed all the time, so you might need only a small percentage of battery power to get around town if one drives like a normal person. So if you have say a 75 kw hour battery pack and the motor requires 150 kw hour top speed, your range will go down the toilet but if you drive it at street to common highway speeds, you might need only 20 or 30 kw hours and that will last much longer. Don't forget you will need more electric plants if we make these cars and unless we build more atomic power stations, all we are doing is transferring the burden from one place to another for these cars.

Pinging RCA2000, we've talked about electric cars before.

[Dimples]

It has a 50kWH Battery Pack that recharges from a home charging station from 240V at a 70A.

[norwaypinesavage]

"How many kilowatt-hours does it suck up in those 3.5 hours?"

A lot more than than your local friendly Motel 6 will be willing to give you for free.

[fabian]

I do know that the electricity cost is about 135 mpg equivalency...also way less maintenance and much longer lasting engine compared to the outmoded internal combustion engine.