> >>
>>> Actually, you will need more than 2000A and even more if you want to
>>> run your refrigerator at the same time. Of course the 10 minute
>>> charge sounds more like a "gas station" mode. If the "gas station"
>>> wants to charge three of these vehicles at once, it will need 6000+A
>>> service. Figure they will charge you about at least $15 for that $5
>>> worth of electricity to pay for the infrastructure and provide a
>>> profit. The real question is, how far can you drive on that $15 fill
>>> up? I would be surprised if it is any farther than you can get on $15
>>> worth of gasoline.
>>
>> And how about the power grid in neighborhood to feed this service???
>> What many do not realize is that a gallon of gas has about 50 HP in it
>> or just under 40KW. A car is about 30% efficent (give or take) meaning
>> that about 13 KW from every gallon is convertered to motion. If your
>> car uses 5 gallons to go 100 miles that mean you have "used about 75
>> KW on energy at the ground. A eletric car is about 80% efficent so you
>> need to store about 95KW in same vehicle to get same range. Problem
>> with that is two fold. First it takes a LOT of battery to store that
>> much energy which adds a lot of weight and then there is charging it
>> because charging is not 100% efficent either. Figure on 120 to 130KW
>> of energy being used to charge a 95K pack (losses in batteries and
>> charger) so 120KW a t 10 cents a KW (though many places charge even
>> more) is 12 bucks verse about 15 for gas and not worth it. Also range
>> will decrease in winter because waste heat from a gas motor heats car
>> and figure on 3 to 6KW or more per hour to heat car. Then to charge
>> it with 100 amp service and running nothing esle in your house it is
>> going to take about 6 hours to charge minimum. People want to beleive
>> that there is this great splution out there and that a car is being
>> kept from them that they can simply plug into a wall socket and dirve
>> because they have no concept of the energy needed or the amount of it
>> in one gallon of gas. Just like they want you to beleive we can grow
>> our way out of gas problems with grain alchol even though it has only
>> 60% of the energy in gas
>
> indeed. i find it amazing that lawyers are happy to bring "ripoff"
> lawsuits for real, but nevertheless minor, issues like gas temperature > differences,
>
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> but ignore the HUGE ripoff of ethanol!!! makes you wonder what they teach
> at law schools.
Law school 401: How to f*ck your client in the ass so bad they need a colostomy. Law school 402: How to the above, with legal impunity.