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Elon says that the truck will be charged by the end of the 30 minute DOT required break (14:06 into the livestream: https://livestream.tesla.com/ https://lives
by Fjolsvith 9y ago
Elon says that the truck will be charged by the end of the 30 minute DOT required break (14:06 into the livestream: https://livestream.tesla.com/ https://livestream.tesla.com/).
- s0rce 9y agoIs that possible? Assuming 500 miles of range at 2kwh a mile is a 1000kwh battery, charged over 30 minutes, is 2 megawatts, if the voltage is the same as the supercharger (480V) requires 4000 amps...
- brianwawok 9y agoGoogle says your average powerline carries 10k amps.. so it seems within reason, but it would require some power upgrades ;)
- Faaak 9y agoPower = amps × voltage . So no. They are 10kA × 3kV (well, depends on the line), so that gives us 30MW.
- SigmundA 9y agoThat's with a megacharger not a supercharger, there are no megachargers deployed anywhere yet. Megachargers are 1600 kilowatts vs 120 kilwoatts for a supercharger. A charging station with 10 megachargers going at the same time will draw as much power as a small city of say 10,000 homes.
- DKnoll 9y agoA municipality with only 10,000 homes isn't even approaching city status, more like a small town... but I get your point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_hierarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settlement_hierarchy