Towing a Tesla at 70 MPH replenishes battery at fast charger rates

Re:Towing a Tesla at 70 MPH replenishes battery at fast char... by avalys on Monday June 21, 2021 @06:21PM (#27585300)

You’re telling me I could fill a typical water tower in 1 hour with a 500 W pump running off a kitchen outlet?

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Re:Towing a Tesla at 70 MPH replenishes battery at fast char... by ClumsyPilot on Monday June 21, 2021 @09:04PM (#27586757)

500W is a lot, it is hypothetically enough to move 10 liters of water 50 meters up every second. A motor on a cycle an electric bike is 250w.

A kitchen tap provides like what, 0.2 liters per second?

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Re:Towing a Tesla at 70 MPH replenishes battery at fast char... by bigiain on Monday June 21, 2021 @09:18PM (#27586859)

So in an hour that's 36000L of water pumped up into the hypotheticals 1 million gallon tank. Right on the three orders of magnitude short that a previous commenter pointed out.

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Re:Towing a Tesla at 70 MPH replenishes battery at fast char... by ClumsyPilot on Monday June 21, 2021 @09:40PM (#27587005)

Sounds like they confused W and kW then?

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Re:Towing a Tesla at 70 MPH replenishes battery at fast char... by rightbyte on Monday June 21, 2021 @07:13PM (#27585773)

Really good sanity check concept!

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Re:Towing a Tesla at 70 MPH replenishes battery at fast char... by Guvante on Monday June 21, 2021 @11:34PM (#27587683)

Calculator said 400W for 1000L/s and my mental sanity check missed the duration units and thought 400W can move a ton of water.

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