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It will take about 8 hours to charge from 220V, 30 Amps.
The Tesla home charger is 220V, 70 Amps and takes less than 4 hours. The math for calculating the charging time to first order is not difficult, try using some.
Finally, someone who knows about power.
If it really is pulling 80 amps of 220, it would use the same power during its 8 hour charge as my air conditioner would running non-stop for 20 hours straight.
I still think the big joke is that using this much power if you live in a part of the country that is powered by a coal or oil burning power plant, would pollute more than if the car ran on gas. However, if your power comes from a nuclear plant, you're helping the environment.
In response to the post above about the power plant not polluting more when someone uses more power, your nuts. Do you think rolling blackouts are done for fun? Or do you realize that when everyone has their AC running (which in an average house uses less power than this car) power plants have to increase their output.
Do some research before you rant.
holy crap, if this is right, then we're talking about 50KWh per day to charge the thing. in northern california, this is going to cost you about $16.50 a day to charge. that's a fortune.
you better have a PV solar system on your roof if you own one of these things. and even mid-sized PV systems only do about 40KWh on the best summer days... ouch.
16 dollars a day to go 220 miles.. that's better than my current car and with no added pollution.. Plus when the natural gas and coal run out you can still use this car.. and 16 dollars a day assumes that you fully drain it everyday as well and here's a tip.. (charge it at work)
@ Rob
that would be assuming you drive 220 miles a day...
now lets say you drove a honda fit...32 mpg (from experience) 220/32=6.875
6.875*4.09 (local gas price)=28.12 which is much more than 16.50 and the roadster is obviously much sportier.
Also, where are you getting your price/kwh? for me it would only cost 5 dollars to charge the roadster which is a hell of a lot cheaper than 28.12
@Alex
What I said was a COUPLE of Teslas were not going to have that much of an impact. Of couse I understand that that consumption causes blackouts. And where in my comment did you see a rant??? I believe yours to be more of a rant than mine...
Maybe these wont make an impact but they are coming out a new model this year and one under 30,000 within 5 years and they are building their own factory which should help... Maybe 3 wont make much difference but you've gotta start somewhere! They sold 100 at 109,000 a piece in the first month so.
If you were to use 1000 kWh (50kWh*5days*4weeks) in a month you would be in the highest tier of PG&E's usage calculator (Tier 5, >300% of baseline, $0.358/kWh) Although I'm sure better rates can be had with E-7 billing (time of day-based usage)
I know "math is hard" for a lot of people, but it's been publicly stated that the Tesla has a ~55kWh pack.
thats true, it does compare favorably to a regular car, even in N california.
i have 2 priuses and i guess it costs about the same to run 220 miles. i didnt do that math, it was late.
as others have pointed out the top PG&E tiers around here range from 0.30 to 0.38 $/kwh depending on the time of year. electricity is very expensive in N. california. i guess i have this very outdated bias of thinking that electricity is essentially free, and so the tesla numbers came as kind of a shock (ha ha) to me.
@ Alex
I like the name but...
If you were to charge at night, since you'll be mainly driving during the day and sleeping at night (unless you're an environmentally conscientious vampire), then you're not putting much extra load on the grid. This is because the power stations will be producing electricity, much more than it takes to charge a Tesla, even when its not all being used
Alex: Chances are you're going to be charging your car at night. There won't be any rolling blackouts because of the Tesla.