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Tesla claims that their drive unit (which includes the motor, inverter, and gearbox) efficiency on their latest models is 93%.

• londons_explore 7y ago
  Average or peak? Making something that performs well at freeway speeds, yet also is efficient when manuvering round a parking lot is hard. Most companies just hope you don't care about only getting 5% efficiency round the parking lot, because that isn't a large fraction of your energy budget, even when it's so inefficient.
  • mikeash 7y ago
    No idea! Would it be expected for an electric motor to lose so much efficiency in that scenario, though? I though the variation was small. Motor efficiency aside, a total “energy spent for distance moved” accounting will look bad at such low speeds, just because the car has to power non-motor systems and they use energy at the same rate no matter how fast you’re moving. Peak efficiency in a Tesla is at around 25MPH.
  • MasterYoda 7y ago
    It must be peak. You could see how an electric motor efficiency map looks like here: https://x-engineer.org/automotive-engineering/vehicle/electric-vehicles/battery-electric-vehicles-bev-automotive-industry/ https://x-engineer.org/automotive-engineering/vehicle/electr...