AnnDee4444
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The PHEV JLU's 17 kWh battery is 400V, which would mean that a 2-hour charge time would only be @ 21.25A (likely slightly more due to efficiency losses).As others pointed out, there are some holes in that press release. 2 hr charge time? Solar charging? Just how massive are those panels? It would take a pretty impressive panel array days to store up 17kw. What if another Jeep gets there before you and takes it all?
My 5 year old west facing 6.25kW solar array outputs about 30-32 kWh every day this month (well, not with this smoke... but normally). A south facing array would likely be at least 34 kWh, which is essentially two full PHEV charges. I would assume they're sizing about 3kWh per PHEV charge per day. This would be roughly 7-8.5 solar panels (generic commercial panels are currently around 350W each, high efficiency panels are closer to 450W each)
Edit: This entire system would be in DC, so there would be no inverter (and no associated losses from the conversion from DC to AC, then back into DC).
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