<font face="arial" size="3"><p style="margin:0;padding:0;">a good guesstimate is 3 to 4 kWh/mile</p>
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;">On Friday, September 27, 2013 3:05pm, "Ray Walters" <ray@solarray.com> said:<br /><br /></p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">We did a charging station for a Chevy Volt earlier this year. We actually ran the charger for about a week to come up with the design, based on their mileage ,etc. This also accounted for battery and inverter losses. We added about a 3400 w array (off grid) and they drove about 40 miles round trip/ day. We went with the 120 vac slower charger to keep a slower and more efficient discharge rate of the main system battery. I believe that charging at slower rates is almost always going to be more efficient due to Puekert's exponent.<br /><br />
<p class="moz-signature" style="margin:0;padding:0;">R.Ray Walters
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Nabcep Certified PV Installer,
Licensed Master Electrician
Solar Design Engineer
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On 9/27/2013 2:20 PM, William Miller wrote:</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Have any of you researched the energy usage for an electric car? The car in question is a Tesla Sedan.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;padding:0;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Thanks in advance.</span></p>
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