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| Ev Archive for October 1997 |
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| 1277 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:40:51 2001 |
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Re: Electric Car Report 10/21
Grandma Rosalie said:
>We have two 1984/1985 Escorts. One is diesel and gets 50 mpg.
>We are currently paying about $1.20/gal here for good quality
diesel. That's about 2.5 cents/mille I think.
This is really quite amazing. Is it perhaps the peak mpg (checked once, on a
trip), rather than the average? Or do you routinely write down the mileage and
amount of fuel to fill the tank?
>The electric car costs about 80 cents a day for a 16 mile RT commute
>which is about 5 cents a mile.
At 10 cents per KWH, that's 500 watt-hours per mile; very low efficiency. It
implies for instance, 120v at 250amps to do 60 mph. Is your EV really this
bad? How are you determining this? Have you checked things like tire pressure,
wheel alignment, driving style, etc.
Lee Hart If you would not be forgotten
4209 France Ave. N. Soon as you are dead and rotten
Robbinsdale, MN 55422 USA Either write things worth the reading
phone (612) 533-3226 Or do things worthy of the writing
e-mail XURQ03A@prodigy.com (Ben Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanac)
Re: Electric Car Report 10/21
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