What battery to recharge an electric car?

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loopy_legi

I want to build a 'store' of generated electricity to recharge an electric car. 10-20 kWh will be needed. What size/type of battery(s) will I need?

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An ordinary 12v car battery has a capacity of the order of 70 to 100 Amp-hours, which is about 0.84 to 1.2 kWh.

So say ten to twenty big car batteries.

But how do you charge them?

Did GM make a critical error when scrapping electric cars over 10 years ago?

Bird N

Electric cars did exist over 10 years ago, but GM decided to scrap all of the cars, even though they worked perfectly. It's all in a documentary called "Who killed the electric car?". GM sold the battery technology to an oil company and the electric car was no more. If they would have worked on the battery technology, think of how far we would have gotten into electric cars.

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yup. their biggest problem is they don't strive for innovation. it seems like no big american company wants to be "laughed" at so they don't bother coming up with any new ideas. instead, they let the other companies take the risk then wait to see if it's profitable before they jump on. america was built on innovative ideas!!! back in the 50's (might be 60's) the state of california was so certain that we'd be traveling in flying cars by now that on some of their major highways they actually build "small runway width" lanes.
now that's not the case, but it goes to show you that we at one point in history were willing to take the first step. it won't be until something really new & creative comes along that our economy will be fully restored. and it won't be until these large companies sack up before any of that happens.

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