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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 />
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CTO, Solarray, Inc
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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