Thread: Who is the company that replaces factory batteries with more powerful ones?
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Old 01-09-2008, 02:45 PM
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Default Re: Who is the company that replaces factory batteries with more powerful ones?
I had a meter in the car.
The battery discharged about 10kWh in 50 miles.

How much "overhead" do you think the charger would burn up to replace that? I doubt it would be 8kWh extra, but certainly more than 10 kWh.
The batteries do not get hot. The charger itself has a small cooling fan like on a computer. There are options to use 208v or 240v to charge in half the time. That 'may' warm the batteries a bit.

Electric in small town Minnesota is about $0.11 / kWh.
Electric in small town Colorado is about $0.125 / kWh.

I hear So. California has similar rate for the first few (100?) kWh you use per month, then the price jumps to double.
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