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Originally Posted by Brian.Smith  According to Tesla, to do a full cycle charge it only takes 3.5 hours, with partial charges taking considerably less time.
The car comes with a charging station that's to be installed by an electrician, but it also comes with a mobile charging cable with multiple ends you can use anywhere.
Uses 6850(!) 18650 form factor Li-ion cells. http://www.teslamotors.com/display_d...terySystem.pdf |
the charging station is plugged into your house power and is continously charging up it's humongous battery/capacitor array, so it is building up charge, while you are driving the car.
at .20/KWh, that still would cost ~$50 for a full charge, which might only last a day, depending on how many miles you drive.
again, my arithmetic could well be wrong.