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It takes, conservatively, 6.5kwh of power to refine 1 gal of gas. My Volt travels around 27 miles on that much electric power. Basically, if you stop refining
by cowmix 8y ago
It takes, conservatively, 6.5kwh of power to refine 1 gal of gas. My Volt travels around 27 miles on that much electric power.
Basically, if you stop refining gas you'll have pretty much enough power for all EVs.
- tedsanders 8y agoThis article disagrees with the factoid that it takes 6.5 kWh of electric power to refine a gallon of gas. It says it's a few tenths of a kWh of electric power. https://www.cfr.org/blog/do-gasoline-based-cars-really-use-more-electricity-electric-vehicles-do https://www.cfr.org/blog/do-gasoline-based-cars-really-use-m...