Comments by "H33t3" (@H33t3Speaks) on "Where Did All the Manual Transmissions Go?! | WheelHouse" video.

  1. Electric still has a LONG way to go my friend. I can't recharge a LiPoly battery in 180 - 240 seconds... hell, I'd pay handsomely for the ability to do so, but the physics of that level of electrical power transmission are pretty intense and while I'm sure technology could radically mitigate dangers, the consequences of catastrophic failure of power transmission at the required wattages would be really ugly. Like standing next to a molten metal fire bomb ugly. The fastest 3rd gen chargers (or whatever they are called) seem to be only able to charge a vehicle to 1/2 full (and that depends on the vehicle) and that takes 1800 seconds, 30 minutes... and it does measurable damage to the battery. We need some substantial advances in multiple scientific disciplines to pull off making electric cars worth it... and to be blunt, even while this is technically possible in the realm of physics, dumping enough electrical energy through a conductor to charge a vehicle to a range of at least 290Mi in just 5 minutes is some serious physics.
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