[AT] tractor hauling truck

[Stephen Offiler]

Not to mention it would dim the lights of an entire city for those 5
seconds.

SO

On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 8:19 AM rbrooks at hvc.rr.com <rbrooks at hvc.rr.com>
wrote:

> I’m not sure what the wire size and power connecter would be for 48,000
> amps but I know its not small.
>
> To early in the day todo the math
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Nov 29, 2019, at 8:11 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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