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  Hot. Yeah the charging figures sound a little suss... : Arctic Fox
  • Probably gets a little hot. I wouldn't be surprised if the battery life is shorter than normal. (number o... : persuxe
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  Not possible. : Lunatic Angelic
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    Super Charge ion Battery, or SCiB, as a "breakthrough rechargeable battery" that can be fully recharged i... : massdev
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      how many watts will it draw for those 10 minutes? assuming energy consumption is comparable to a gas c... : jcupitt
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        I suppose you could have another huge capacitor that sits in your garage and charges slowly off the grid ... : jcupitt
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          yeah but would you really want a huge fucking capacitor in your house? : nomaad
          • Hell yeah, think of the BASS : Slowtreme
      • http://catjiggawatts.ytmnd.com/ : Slowtreme
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        A tank of gas may contain ~2.5GJ, but the engine is only about 15% efficient (or even less), so it only u... : Arcanum
        • true, but you'd drive that mad car like a bastard, so you'd need a lot of energy to get 150+ miles any... : jcupitt
      • The article says the 10 minute recharge is from a 'charge on the run service' which probably means this i... : mroizo40
  • UNPOSSIBLE! : zerog83
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    It's possible, just not from a standard consumer outlet. : Arcanum
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      Yeah, maybe those high-current outlets they use for kitchen stoves? : Arctic Fox
      • I dunno. Doubtful. A very brief Google search indicates those are 220V outlets. Even if they're 100 am... : Arcanum
      • Or the kind they use to power sybians. : lolpatrol
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      I can run a 4K HMI light off a stove or dryer plug. That's a big light. : Wheatloaf
      • not 600 KW though, you're off by a factor of 100 at least : jcupitt
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  it's easy to spec things like this when it won't come out :). : moe6
  • from the article "The first full-scale, pre-production Ultimate Aero EV should be on the streets before J... : whore
• It could be storing the charge in capacitors instead of batteries. I remember reading an article about E... : ZTac
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  Do I see an exhaust on the back? wtf : jayacheess
  • is that a hydraulic engine? : Slowtreme
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    Oh. you are looking as the gas version of the same car. http://www.shelbysupercars.com/car-specs.php : Slowtreme
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      The pictures in the link for the electric version seem to show an exhaust. That's kinda confusing. : jayacheess
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        i think it's just stock photos of the gas model. : Slowtreme
        • Yeah, I didn't think that engine looked very electric-y. : jayacheess
• That is freaking awesome, I want one, when I win the lottery. : cjcharv
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  It recharges with 1.21 gigawatts! : devnullgt
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    1.21 gigawatts? GREAT SCOTT! : Xanthos
    • This is Heavy. : Rag and Bone Man
  • In the Back to the Future remake, Marty goes into the future to met Doc's great great Grandson who says; ... : baron calamity
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  Now THIS is an electric car I can get behind. F that prius and volt crap. : FormerHPB
  • The Tesla Roadster is quite nice too : devnullgt
• Jay Leno has a video of one of these with him driving around in it. : jingletard
• The tesla car apparently still can't make it around laguna seca without overheating. : stgdz