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Re:Tesla’s promises don’t compute with current physics and e... by petre on Saturday November 25, 2017 @02:13AM (#15774840)
What makes it confusing is that the charging rates are given as 10C, meaning 10% of nameplate capacity.
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Re:Tesla’s promises don’t compute with current physics and e... by jsjohnst on Saturday November 25, 2017 @09:45AM (#15776141)
That’s wrong. 10C means 10x the nameplate capacity. If I have a battery that outputs 40Ah, 10C means I can give it a charging current of 400A.
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Re:Tesla’s promises don’t compute with current physics and e... by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Saturday November 25, 2017 @03:38AM (#15775052)
nC means n*capacity/time, so 10C for 10kWh is 100kW
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Re:Tesla’s promises don’t compute with current physics and e... by kumarvvr on Saturday November 25, 2017 @02:31AM (#15774881)
Might be fererring to nameplate power capacity.
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