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> Most EVs get ~3.3 mi/kWh Not if they're hauling around 40,000 - 50,000 lbs of freight.
by ams6110 9y ago
> Most EVs get ~3.3 mi/kWh
Not if they're hauling around 40,000 - 50,000 lbs of freight.
- epistasis 9y agoAnd in the next sentence I completely spitball that it may be a third of that. That's based on the drag, which is most of the energy spent on hauling. Though another benefit of electric is that the kinetic energy of accelerating 50,000 lbs to 55mph can be regenerated, instead of lost entirely. And it's not an insignificant amount of potential energy, at really close to 2kWh.