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Electric Car Drives 375 Miles on a 6 Minute Charge

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Re: Electric Car Drives 375 Miles on a 6 Minute Charge

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stolen from slashdot, which stole it from the comments in tfa: Translated from this page: http://adacemobility.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/das-wunder-von... [wordpress.com] "Technical Data Audi A2 DBM * * Subject Empty weight (including driver) 1260 kg Perm. Total weight 1600 kg Battery lithium-iron-polymer (260 Ah/380 V) cell voltage of 3.8 volts Battery weight about 300 kg Charging time about 4 hours due to mains phas…

(260 Ah/380 V) Please correct me if I've got the math wrong. I'm not really familiar with this area. 260 Ah/380 V = 98,800 Wh, or 98.8kWh Though I don't pay my own electricity bill, I looked the rate up for here in Halifax[1] and the rate is CAD$0.11796/kWh (flat rate). That means you could charge this for about CAD$11.83. Not too shabby. Also, if I'm reading this right, there is another option to pay based on time-o…

As soon as everybody would start driving EVs that price will not remain though, after all increasing demand would surely drive up the price.

Re: Electric Car Drives 375 Miles on a 6 Minute Charge

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(260 Ah/380 V) Please correct me if I've got the math wrong. I'm not really familiar with this area. 260 Ah/380 V = 98,800 Wh, or 98.8kWh Though I don't pay my own electricity bill, I looked the rate up for here in Halifax[1] and the rate is CAD$0.11796/kWh (flat rate). That means you could charge this for about CAD$11.83. Not too shabby. Also, if I'm reading this right, there is another option to pay based on time-o…

As soon as everybody would start driving EVs that price will not remain though, after all increasing demand would surely drive up the price.

We currently have large excesses of power at nighttime, (production cannot be scaled down and back up in a 24hr period) so the effect could be mitigated by that.
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