[Malsua]

I can't wait for the day I can stop filling up at gas stations.

I don't think that we will ever eliminate a refueling depot of some sort be it gasoline, ethonal, hydrogen, electricity, whatever.

Interestingly enough, it charges in 5 minutes at a cost of about $9 in electricity. At 600 volts, how many amps would you need?

[drangundsturm]

Let's see, I'll try my hand at this but correct me if I make a math mistake.

Average electric price in usa is something like 15 cents per KWH. They say it costs $9 to fill up. That's 60 KWH of energy. Divided by 5 minutes, or 1/12 of an hour. That's 720 killowatts for 5 minutes. Divide by 220 volts service that houses get. That's over 3200 amps.

I don't think so. The wires would be as thick as my leg and it would be hellishly dangerous.

[Dixie Yooper]

"I don't think that we will ever eliminate a refueling depot of some sort"

I don't mind that at all. What I really want is a highly accelerated rate of turning Arab sheiks back into Arab nomads.

[Francis McClobber]

"Interestingly enough, it charges in 5 minutes at a cost of about $9 in electricity. At 600 volts, how many amps would you need?"

1.21 Jigawatts.

[Erasmus]

1111 amperes @ 600V RMS.

Interestingly, around here the juice would cost you $11.11.

(Assumptions: 0.2 Gigajoules, 20 cents/KWh)

[DonnerT]

Wouldn't it take superconductor cables to move that much energy in only 5 minutes?