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by mnw21cam 4406 days ago
On the contrary, it is limited by the size of the cable going from the electricity distribution grid to the side of the car. With a typical (not a high performance) car engine capable of generating 75kW of mechanical power or so and a typical wall socket (in the UK at least) capable of transferring 3kW (and the average house having a 24kW total limit), there's going to be a problem that can only be solved by upgrading the cabling and using special high power sockets.