smkettner said:
A 1000 mile pack would eliminate the need to QC. Who exactly will be driving 1800 miles in a day?
IMO a 6.6 even 3.3 kW charger would be just fine. And of course a 50kW QC would also be fine... 30 minutes of charging will still take you a long way.
The 3.3 kw charger would take about 80 hrs to charge a 240kWh battery. (current 24kWh x 10). You may never have a dead battery, but assuming an 8 hr day charge time, you will still be limited to 100 miles/day. You make a 300 mile one way trip, and you have to spend 24 hrs to recharge. 3.3 kw charger is just not prime time. 6.6 kw would half that so 40 hrs to recharge. Drive somewhere say 600 miles, that's a good one day trip. Assume 1hr stop for lunch and recharge at 6.6 would give you 25 miles. So at the end of the day you have 425 left in the battery, but during the night you put 200 miles back in with 8 hrs charging. Next morning you have 625 miles available, your are at your vacation and don't need to drive much. Each night you added another 200 back. It is doable.