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To: NonValueAdded
It’s a 16 kWh lithium-ion battery pack.

Retired industrial electronic technician, something just doesn't add up about the power required to recharge. I will have to do a little research about this scam. Will have to keep in mind this is only good for 40 miles.

105 posted on 08/11/2009 9:10:09 PM PDT by The Cajun (Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
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To: The Cajun

To preserve battery life, they limit charging to 80% and discharge to 40%. The difference between 80% and 40% is 40%, thus only 40% of 16 kWh is used for energizing them vehicle. Thats about 6.4 kwh. Where I live that’s about 70 cents worth of electricity.

The power draw thay list to recharge the battery is a little low and a charger is not 100% efficient but add a fudge factor and it would be reasonable to say that the first 40 miles of driving costs about $1.


115 posted on 08/12/2009 10:20:33 AM PDT by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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