On 5 Mar 2013 at 2:50, brucedp5 wrote: > Its makers claim the car delivers a combined output of 1,000 > horsepower ... powered by a lithium-ion battery ... made up of 10 > individual cells ...
Let's see. Ten lithium cells is what, about 35 volts? And they're getting 1000hp? So, following the motor-efficiency rule of thumb that about a kW in produces about a hp out, the current is roughly 28600 amps. Riiiiiiiight. Methinks we have a painfully underinformed reporter here. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
