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You could say the same about gasoline, yet MPG varies widely across vehicles. On my EV, I can drastically change the battery's range (from 80 to 120 predicted
by ctdonath 11y ago
You could say the same about gasoline, yet MPG varies widely across vehicles.
On my EV, I can drastically change the battery's range (from 80 to 120 predicted miles) based on driving behavior, much of which could be "shaped" by software. "Softwareing" 50% more distance out of that stored energy matters.
- prodmerc 11y agoThat's because petrol has ~20 times more energy per KG than Lithium Ion cells, and engines are only ~30% efficient at converting it into movement (vs electric motors at 90%). There's more potential for various optimization in an internal combustion engine. EVs have been designed from the get go with most of the possible software optimizations...