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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Firpo" data-source="post: 4220776" data-attributes="member: 45550">That’s exactly what I was thinking. One of you propeller-heads needs to crunch the numbers. My house has a 200A service which is 48KW@240V yes? Got the following info on Tesla’s motors off the internet and “they” say the motors draw 225KW-450KW. No way in H E double Hockey Sticks you’re going to stuff that much energy in a battery in 10 minutes from my home’s electrical service. That is unless you’re using those magic electrons and filling the batteries with that extra special smoke. “””So it looks like Tesla uses 375v traction motors (AC induction, 3 phase I beleive) and I've read that they can draw 600-1200A which is 225 - 450Kw or about 302 - 604 HP. I've seen the size of these motors and I can't see how they are 300-600HP motors considering I'be seen motors that put out that much and they can weigh 1-3 the weight of the entire car S-type of almost 5000lbs (for the 600HP motor). I did find one motor that was ~2800lbs but it was a very specialized motor for oil/gas industry (and that was starting weight, some were MUCH more).”””</blockquote>