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Ryland · 07-28-2009, 11:42 AM

The book The New Electric Vehicles talks about doing this with lead acid batteries back in the early '90's, not great for the battery pack but they used it for racing and it worked well, they could do a 50% charge in 10 minutes or so without raising the electrolyte temp more then a few degrees, they did this by charging a larger battery pack that then charged the smaller vehicle pack directly.
with their car you would need a 220 volt source that could supply 1,600 amps... a new house service is 200 amps... that is going to make your light dim a little!
the Myers NMG charges in 3 hours from a 20amp 120v outlet and gives you a 50 mile range, all this from a $30,000 vehicle that you can buy right now.

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Ryland Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Western Wisconsin Posts: 3,903 honda cb125 - '74 Honda CB 125 S1 90 day: 79.71 mpg (US) green wedge - '81 Commuter Vehicles Inc. Commuti-Car Blue VX - '93 Honda Civic VX Thanks: 867 Thanked 434 Times in 354 Posts	The book The New Electric Vehicles talks about doing this with lead acid batteries back in the early '90's, not great for the battery pack but they used it for racing and it worked well, they could do a 50% charge in 10 minutes or so without raising the electrolyte temp more then a few degrees, they did this by charging a larger battery pack that then charged the smaller vehicle pack directly. with their car you would need a 220 volt source that could supply 1,600 amps... a new house service is 200 amps... that is going to make your light dim a little! the Myers NMG charges in 3 hours from a 20amp 120v outlet and gives you a 50 mile range, all this from a $30,000 vehicle that you can buy right now.