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Do you mind explaining how this relates to Telsa? Is generating power in a power plant, getting it to a Tesla battery, then using it to move a car a "mechanica
by buzzerbetrayed 6y ago
Do you mind explaining how this relates to Telsa? Is generating power in a power plant, getting it to a Tesla battery, then using it to move a car a "mechanical-electrical-mechanical" conversion?
- willis936 6y agoYes. Combustion vehicles never have to convert to electrical energy. Big steam plants are more efficient at turning fuel into torque than small combustion engines, but that increase is offset by having to spin generators. Edit: Well, at least that is what my impression was. DoE has a paper on this. The example numbers used in this paper seem typical from me taking a brief look at power plant and EV efficiency. I thought the extra energy conversion steps added up to more than 20% thermodynamic efficiency loss. I was wrong. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-06-12/pdf/00-14446.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-06-12/pdf/00-144...