I didn't now they were different
I thought the super duty had the same dash as the F150
Someone didn't plan correctly
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I didn't now they were different
I thought the super duty had the same dash as the F150
I think Dr Emmett Brown and Marty McFly had better luck with the DeLorean and the 1.21 gigawatts of electricity getting somewhere then these Tesla's do. I'm not against Mr musk in any way and I love the idea that he's brought his car company to America and place them in a non-union location but there's some places where electrical vehicles just don't fit. To be fair as far as I can tell he's still got more of it together then the yay who's up in Detroit.
Apparently they are almost the same now. Used to be quite different a few years ago. Looks like maybe they changed it around 2016?I didn't now they were different
I thought the super duty had the same dash as the F150
I AIN USIN NOTIN DAT I CAINT POOR!
2017 Model year.
I don't believe the technology can ever be developed to charge exhausted battery packs to 100% in as little as ten minutes. If that were happening now, I could see ev's outselling petrol cars and trucks. Lithium batteries have been around long enough now and if that were doable, it would have been done by now.
If anyone will figure it out my guess is Porsche will. Between the emissions going in the 911 and coming out cleaner and the Porsche 918 with it's electric assist.
I charge in the garage and never go to a station; an ICE spends (almost) infinitely more time fueling.. Our Tesla starts every day with a full tank.
If you can charge at home and drive less than, say 200 miles per day, you will spend far less time fueling up vs an ICE vehicle.
Say you drive 300. you will likely need a 20 minute top off. 500 might require 40 minutes.
In some cases the EV is better, in others ICE is better. Depends on your use case.
IMO, the main problem surrounding EVs is the initial cost; for example Teslas are expensive.
The solution is a flatbed with an onboard inverter.
HA!
I think the onboard charger on many Tesla cars will accept about 11,500 watts or so. So my 15KW Lister Diesel should work just fine.
On a more serious note, DC charging on the Plaid is supposed to be 250,000 watts from 10% to 30%, dropping to 50,000 watts at 90% state of charge. Might be tough making a portable generator put out 250,000 watts. But I'll bet a "rescue" battery that could charge an EV, on the above flatbed truck could do it. Maybe that's the easiest way to get a stranded EV owner going again, battery to battery. And, once the job is done, charge the rescue battery back up with a diesel genset [sarc]
You don't need ultra fast charging when you are on a flat bed, just tow you somewhere with enough power to park and charge fast, or keep towing somewhere on diesel and keep charging at the same time.HA!
I think the onboard charger on many Tesla cars will accept about 11,500 watts or so. So my 15KW Lister Diesel should work just fine.
On a more serious note, DC charging on the Plaid is supposed to be 250,000 watts from 10% to 30%, dropping to 50,000 watts at 90% state of charge. Might be tough making a portable generator put out 250,000 watts. But I'll bet a "rescue" battery that could charge an EV, on the above flatbed truck could do it. Maybe that's the easiest way to get a stranded EV owner going again, battery to battery. And, once the job is done, charge the rescue battery back up with a diesel genset [sarc]
You can charge a Tesla by towing it, in an emergency.
There is now several commercial solutions for this.
I was wondering why I was seeing charge tapering to about 720 watts at the last 10 or so minutes of charging on level 2, or 360 watts per leg , or 3 amps at 120 v. I assume the on board EV charger tapers down gradually to 720 or so watts to protect the battery.
As for mph, it depends on the car efficiency rating, and how the driver acts with the car, pretty ball park way of measuring something.
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I was thinking more along the lines of a 200-300KWh battery that could be mounted on, or powering, a specialized flatbed. It could DC charge a Tesla at it's maximum 250,000 Watt rate. Which is a charge rate of about 16 miles per minute. So 5 minutes could be as much as 75 miles range.
Be a lot more believable if it was a Powerboost truck with the 7.2kw output.
Have to say, if I owned an RV, that's the truck I'd have.
Have to say, if I owned an RV, that's the truck I'd have.
Fixed that.
No normal EV can be driven while in the charging mode. Typically you switch the car off before starting charging because the charger may not initiate a session if it sees the EV is "on". Once charging starts you can't put it in back in Run mode but you can use all the facilities like AC.
