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> EVs actually do better in stop and go traffic than driving flat out at 75 mph Is that necessarily true? The 75D has a curb weight of 5,140 pounds, which woul
by ovao 8y ago
> EVs actually do better in stop and go traffic than driving flat out at 75 mph
Is that necessarily true? The 75D has a curb weight of 5,140 pounds, which would require a fair amount of energy to get moving from a standing stop. While aerodynamic drag would certainly tax the powertrain to maintain 75 MPH (op didn’t specify anyway), one would expect the overall range at such speeds to be greater than in stop-and-go traffic. Or are regenerative brakes really that efficient at recapturing energy?
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- floatrock 8y agohttps://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=39842&id=39860&id=39786&id=39752 https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=39842&... Looking up published mileage of say a Tesla X, Nissan Leaf, Chevy Bolt, and Toyota Prius, all but the X have better city mileage than highway mileage (but the X is 86 MPGe city vs 89 highway, so even then it's only 3% difference). That's the neat thing about electrics and hybrids -- the "you get better highway mileage" intuition gets flipped by regenerative braking.