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Any battery has a hard time storing an amount of energy that costs the same as itself during its lifetime. This is opposite to combustion engines, which can pum
by hengheng 13y ago
Any battery has a hard time storing an amount of energy that costs the same as itself during its lifetime. This is opposite to combustion engines, which can pump infinite amounts of dollars through their cylinders.
It's an insanely smart offering.
- sokoloff 13y agoIC engines are far from infinite. In fact, most can "only" burn in the neighborhood of 3-5K gallons of fuel per cylinder before requiring a major overhaul. It's admittedly quite a bit more than the supercharger equivalent, but it's far from infinite.
- throwaway0010 13y agoWas curious, did the math: 3-5K gallons * 6 cyl * 25 mpg = 450,000 to 750,000 miles. removed my incorrect math re: dollars of fuel per engine
- rallison 13y ago3,000 gallons per cylinder * 6 cylinders * $4 per gallon = $72,000 5,000 gallons per cylinder * 6 cylinders * $4 per gallon = $120,000
- mikeash 13y agoDouble-check your math: it's $4 per gallon, not $4 per mile. If you're putting 5,000 gallons through each of six cylinders at $4 per gallon, that works out to $120,000 of gas. Certainly outweighs the cost of the engine by a decent factor.
- throwaway0010 13y agowhoops, thanks!