My Honda EVplus typically gets about 2-3m/kwh from the outlet, due to the relative ineffiencies of recharging an NiMH pack with temperature control of the pack. But driving-wise, I typically get 8 m/10%-pack for freeway and up to 12 m/10%-pack for city driving. But for a 28kwh pack with 80-100 m/charge range it has worked great. And this has been consistant over 4+ years of driving, now 87,000+ miles.
-Ed Thorpe -----Original Message----- From: Peter VanDerWal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 10:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Got on the radio. Coast to coast AM. Subject:Hydrogen You are correct, however some folks have installed watt-hour meters upstream of their chargers and measured power from there. I don't believe many freeway capable conversions are getting 4 miles per kwh, I think John Bryant has a Ghia that might get close. Most get 2 to 3 miles per kwh from the outlet. Most OEM EVs get less than 2 miles per kwh, especially the ones with NiMH packs. I believe the NiMH Ranger gets 700+ whrs per mile. IIRC the PbA version of the EV1 gets about 3 miles per kwh.
