the amperage of an electrical device like a charger or battery describes how much current it can flow at a time the flow of electricity is a bit like water so consider a garden hose and a fire hose the pressure of the water coming out would be like voltage the amount of water is the amperage that's why you'll hear people say it's not the volts that kill you it's the amps but that's not really true because you have to have both of them they're mutually exclusive in fact a current as low as NUMBER_TOKEN milliamps can stop your heart but only if the source has enough voltage to overcome the resistance of your body or about NUMBER_TOKEN volts a home charging station for an ev like tesla's wall charger has an output of NUMBER_TOKEN amps at NUMBER_TOKEN volts so you should definitely not take one apart and start licking stuff the plaids battery has an output of NUMBER_TOKEN amps at NUMBER_TOKEN volts that's how it can keep those three motors spinning up to NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN rpm but to do that the plaid still needs two more things a sexy driver and a sexy passenger the battery and all the conduits that send electricity to the motors have to be cold to provide maximum current temperature determines how well a material conducts electricity so the plaid doesn't use a glycol and water filled cooling system with a radiator like in an ordinary car instead it uses a refrigerant-based system and heat exchangers that work more like air conditioning tesla's cooling system is estimated to provide six to seven tons of cooling if you in case case you're wondering what a ton of cooling is that's the amount produced by one ton of ice also all that juice in the battery well that's stored as direct current and that means the plaid needs not one but two types of electrical converters one ac to dc converter to get electricity from the charger to the battery and a dc to ac inverter for each motor to convert the power from the battery not only does that have to create the three phases of alternating current that the induction motor needs they also need to control the flow of that current based on a requested vehicle speed and they need a high enough power capacity to provide all the electricity those motors need to reach NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN rpm the motors the battery the cooling and the sophisticated power inverters make the tesla plaid sound like a miracle of cutting-edge ev technology which it is so do you need cutting edge eevee technology to beat it in a drag race no no you don't if we did we wouldn't be making a video for all the poor enthusiasts out there we're here for you guys that's what we're here for you see a huge reason why the plaid needs all that tech and over a thousand horsepower to accelerate at its record pace is because it's huge NUMBER_TOKENlbs you think i'm gonna do two fat mom jokes in one episode no way buster love fat mamas but tesla needs to listen up not everyone needs four doors a comfortable and luxurious interior with lots of sound deadening or the latest self-driving technology if you've got grip from a stiff suspension and big sticky tires a flat torque curve that you get with an electric motor and no gear ratios to worry
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