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To: Gaffer
“My question is how many times can it do it? For how long of a run? And how much time does it take to recharge it once it’s been run through the drain of such an ordeal with a hot battery pack.”

Well the version shown in the video, the P85D, is rated at 285 miles, but that is for normal driving. You would obviously get a lot less when accelerating like this, just like you would in a gasoline car.

As far as recharging, you can go to a Tesla Supercharger station and get an 80% charge in 30 minutes, or 50% in 20 minutes.

36 posted on 01/28/2015 1:26:21 PM PST by LogicDesigner
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To: LogicDesigner
As far as recharging, you can go to a Tesla Supercharger station and get an 80% charge in 30 minutes, or 50% in 20 minutes.

I don't have a doubt that what Tesla says about recharging could be true. To me the problem is getting that kind of "charge" when and where you need/want it.

In another comment here I remarked about my particular need of 130 miles round trip and an overnight charge, on a regular 110VAC outlet in any temperature I'd experience on any given work day.

Frankly, my idea of a normal recharge isn't a Tesla Supercharger station, or even a charging station that isn't a plug in (like a vacuum cleaner) that has to be specially installed in the home, either. It's fine for those rich people in Callie that want to spend $100K to drive to somewhere in LA - but not for me.

47 posted on 01/28/2015 1:33:01 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: LogicDesigner

“As far as recharging, you can go to a Tesla Supercharger station and get an 80% charge in 30 minutes, or 50% in 20 minutes.”

You forgot to mention how much that would cost ...


50 posted on 01/28/2015 1:33:33 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: LogicDesigner
As far as recharging, you can go to a Tesla Supercharger station and get an 80% charge in 30 minutes, or 50% in 20 minutes.

How cute.

And you can recharge your gasoline or diesel powered car 100% in about five minutes, at any of hundreds of thousands of recharging stations. And that 100% charge is worth at least 350 miles.

Jus' sayin' ...

85 posted on 01/28/2015 2:13:30 PM PST by NorthMountain
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