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Old 12-18-2008, 03:03 AM   #11
Evo8
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Originally Posted by 5vz-fe View Post
LOL ....someone is desperate for customers.
Actually, I was pretty convinced they faked the "running out of power" even when watching this.

It's not the first and not the second time Top Gear plays that scene.


The comment about 16 hours is somewhat ambiguous. It's 16 hours if you have the most basic household wiring, not designed for an electric stove, multiroom AC, or other high-power amenities. However, if you install some higher-amperage wiring, which costs between $100 and $300, then you can indeed recharge an electric car quickly, probably in the 3.5 hours he quotes.
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