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Default More on electric cars.

On Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:24:52 +0100, The Natural Philosopher
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To charge 100kwh in 3 mins is 2MW. at 400V that's 5,000 amps.


But at 400kV it's only 5 Amps

All that needs is a bit of 0.5mm^2 and some insulation


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