Re: EVLN(1-O-X revolutionary digital EV motor)

["VanDerWal, Peter" <vanderwp@fhu.disa.mil>]

> >  The only time the motor is running at 
> > such low efficiency is when it's drawing very little power.  
> 
> Not necessarily.  Cruising along at 1-2mph on the flat and level
> may require very little power, but repeatedly accelerating 3000lbs
> or more of EV between 0 and 5mph will require a more significant
> amount (and at these low speeds, regen is very ineffective at
> recovering any of this energy at each stop).  Likewise, creeping
> up any sort of grade at these low speeds will consume more
> significant amounts of energy.
> 

True, this (hypothetical motor) might help under those rare situations.
Then again you could always do like I do when I have to spend an hour
creeping up to the gate on post at 1-2 mph...brief burst of power and then
coast for a while, repeat as needed.