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It's not quite as a dramatic a difference as it appears - most petrol engines are going to be in the region of 30% efficiency, vs an electric motor at ~80-90% (
by Panzer04 3y ago
It's not quite as a dramatic a difference as it appears - most petrol engines are going to be in the region of 30% efficiency, vs an electric motor at ~80-90% (or perhaps more?). Still, talking 5000Wh equivalent to 250, or a 20x difference (which is about in line with most real vehicles, I think? 1 tonne battery packs vs 50L fuel tanks)
- Manuel_D 3y agoCombustible fuel also leads to reductions in weight over time as fuel is burned. The same does not occur with EVs.
- treeman79 3y agoI mean it could… Just not a great idea. Make for some expensive litter.
- Turskarama 3y agoYou could use a metal-air (such as Al-air) battery for this. You'd get _much_ better range than any lithium battery will give you, except it's not rechargeable.
- adrianN 3y agoThat's not really a problem for cars, unlike planes.
- lostlogin 3y agoYou sound like you haven’t enjoyed the thrill of owning an old British car. Fuel sloshing out or mangling the handling on cornering was a feature of British Leyland. I miss my cursed ‘68 Triumph 2000.
- photonerd 3y ago> most petrol engines are going to be in the region of 30% efficiency It’s worse than that. A recent Yale study found that—for an average car on the road—from $5 of gas you’re really only getting $1 of that energy to propulsion. It’s 20%.