On 7 Apr 2015 at 16:50, Ben Goren via EV wrote: > and a 1-minute *dischargeable* battery. That's probably an even bigger deal > than the charge time.
The only person I can imagine who might think that a one-minute discharge is a big deal is a drag racer. The rest of us generally want to drive our EVs for more than a minute between charges. However, a minute to charge an EV - IF it were possible to field the roughly 1.5 megawatts of power required to do it - now that WOULD be a big deal. (For reference, 1.5MW is the MAXIMUM power available to 30 modern homes with 200 amp, 240v service.) Maybe there are small rechargeable portable devices for which 1 minute of operation between charges would be useful, but I can't think of any. Certainly not mobile computers or phones. > electricity is dirt cheap compared with gasoline, so people likely > wouldn't care. This is exactly the attitude that got us where we are with fossil fuels and ICEVs. We reallly need to start thinking about the future more. 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)
