Heavy Duty Electric Trucks are Coming...

work2much wrote:

Chainwright wrote:

Bedlam wrote:

Chainwright wrote:
That's why I carry a Honda 3000 genny everywhere I go, it'll power a 13,500 BTU A/c or give you 35 Amps, for up to 7 hrs.

You carry this in/on your electric car?

BTW: That generator has a peak output of 3000W and continuous 2800W output which puts it closer 23A continuous.

He did say when he does boondocking camping.
Anyway mine was more of a joke. However if he hooks up a tesla to a Generac IQ2000 or IQ3500, they'll do the job, maybe not at 35A but definitely at 25A. But hey it could be 20A as long as it charges.
But then again these Generators, if I'm not mistaken are 120v so the Amps could be lower. Anyway, I'm not an expert on the matter. All I know is I saw a guy hook up his tesla to a portable Generac.

Given the performance characteristics this truck claims it will have a very large battery bank 200Kwh? Maybe larger. It would take a std 120v charging source like a generator a week running non stop to fully charge the battery. Not impossible but also not practical.

Don’t quote me on this as I haven’t looked at the standard recently but I believe the highest supported current by the J1772 format is 19.2 kw. Typically a homeowner using this level of charge (certain Teslas with the dual charger) have a dedicated 100 amp circuit pulled to the garage. It’s rare and most (read vast majority) of Tesla’s are 48 amp. The portables EVSE’s that come with the car are either 240 volt) 32 amp (Canada) and 40 amp USA and Mexico. They all have stove plug/RV plug ends. The standard permanent wall mount units from Tesla are 48 amp. I think with the exception of the BMW i3 and any of the Tesla’s the max charge rate allowable by the on board charger is still 27 amps. The BMW is 32 amps and as I said all the Tesla’s are 48 amp.

All of the above alternating current from the wall of course. DC fast charge is a whole different game. Current supercharge max is 120KW but version three coming out in April is apparently about 160 KW. Existing model three Tesla’s can according to rumour already charge at that rate so they will see an immediate improvement.
The new 220 mile Nissan Leaf will be able to Max out at 100 KW but very few Chademos are that speed right now. Most are 50 although new installations are up to 150 KW.

My point is that if it is a 200 KWH battery it could be an hour or up to 4 for a full charge depending on wether they go with CCS or Chademo. Tesla Superchargers will be off limits unless they start contributing to the network.

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