[AT] tractor hauling truck

[Stephen Offiler]

I'm reading it the same as Howard.  5 seconds to plug it in, then you go do
something else for a number of hours.

Fun with math:  the older Leaf used a 24KW-hr battery.  (New ones are 40
and optionally 62).  Voltage is 360VDC.  24,000 W-hr divided by 360V gives
66.7 amp-hr.  Multiply by 3600 second in one hour, gives 240,000
amp-seconds.  Divide by 5 seconds and you get 48,000 amps. That would be
the current required to fully recharge a depleted battery in 5 seconds, in
theory.  In practice of course the cells can only soak up recharge current
at some modest rate.

SO

On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 8:28 PM Howard Pletcher <hrpletch at gmail.com> wrote:

> That would beat the best Tesla can do.  I think he's saying it takes him 5
> seconds to plug it in so it can charge while he's inside watching TV or
> whatever.
>
> Howard
>
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 8:13 PM Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>
>> Charges in 5 seconds? Am i reading that correctly?
>>
>> Mike M
>>
>> On 11/28/2019 11:16 AM, James Peck wrote:
>> > I seem to remember that the Tesla plants were having problems with the
>> safety authorities because Elon Musk did not like to paint anything safety
>> yellow. Is that fact the tip of an iceberg?
>> >
>> > Carl Baker or Kim Lessor one or the other an AT List Member (
>> hodor at warmrock.net); So, umm - now?  Tesla's truck is $10k less than a
>> comparable F-150.  Chevrolet's Bolt (car) is about $10k more than a
>> comparable gas car.  My Nissan Leaf charges in the 5 seconds it takes me to
>> plug it in when I get home.  I don't have to stand there and watch it
>> charge.  I also refuse to accept less convenience and less utility for
>> higher cost.  Which is why I'm converting my fleet from gas to electric as
>> quickly as I can afford it (not very quickly).  Honestly, I'm keen to
>> convert my old Ford tractor to electric.  I'm tired of schlepping gas from
>> the gas station for it.  Or roading it to the gas station to fill it up.
>> Which I should probably do today - a storm is expected....
>> >
>> >
>> > Stephen wrote: "Anyway, you can keep your electric cars (and now
>> trucks) until they cost on par with a petrol-fueled equivalent, and
>> recharge more rapidly than they do now, and charging stations are
>> everywhere.  I refuse to accept less convenience and less utility for
>> higher cost."
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