Electric Car Drives 375 Miles on a 6 Minute Charge

Re:Electric Car Drives 375 Miles on a 6 Minute Charge by AgentConundrum on Saturday October 30, 2010 @02:06AM (#1850244)

(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-of-day usage. The 11pm-7am option is CAD$0.06028/kWh[2], making the total roughly CAD$5.98 per charge.

[1] - http://www.nspower.ca/en/home/aboutnspi/ratesandregulations/...

[2] - http://www.nspower.ca/en/home/aboutnspi/ratesandregulations/...

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Re:Electric Car Drives 375 Miles on a 6 Minute Charge by jacquesm on Sunday October 31, 2010 @01:30PM (#1853703)

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

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Re:Electric Car Drives 375 Miles on a 6 Minute Charge by 124816 on Sunday October 31, 2010 @10:39PM (#1855161)

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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