In the Wash DC, Bethesda, Rockville Md are This is obvious. The Volt owners make it a point of pride to use the least amt of gas possible One last feb commented somewhere under 15 gal for 20,000 miles. Always opportunity charging esp at free chargers
------------------------------ On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 1:22 AM EDT Ing. Marco Gaxiola wrote: >A major electric vehicle (EV) pilot project in the US throws up some >unexpected learnings.. > > >http://www.abb-conversations.com/2013/04/why-hybrids-may-be-better-for-the-f >uture-of-electric-vehicles-than-all-electric-cars/ > >Owners of electric cars are more likely to use public chargers than owners >of hybrid-electric vehicles, right? It stands to reason, since electric-car >drivers are entirely dependent on their battery whereas hybrid drivers, who >also have a combustion engine, don't need to plug in at every opportunity. > >Well, it turns out that the reverse is true, as I heard from Ravi Brar of >ECOtality, a maker of electric vehicle chargers part-owned by ABB, at the >Automation and Power World event in Orlando. > >Pilot project learnings >Brar was presenting findings from the EV Project, a $230 million EV >infrastructure pilot in the US whose participants either own a Chevy Volt, a >hybrid, or a Nissan Leaf, a pure battery vehicle. Half of the funds are from >ECOtality and its partners, and the other half from the Department of >Energy, which is also why the data that is collected is publicly available >on the EV Project website. >http://www.theevproject.com/documents.php > > >"Interestingly, owners of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, even though they >are carrying around a combustion engine with them, have a higher propensity >to plug in their cars to recharge when they are out and about," said Brar. >Volt drivers , he explained, use chargers on average 1.4 times per outing, >compared with 1.1 times for Leaf drivers. >http://www.theevproject.com/downloads/documents/Q4%202012%20EVP%20Report.pdf >(must see report) > > >Unexpected consequences >This surprising learning from the EV Project leaves me with two thoughts. >One is that the current trend at car manufacturers toward hybrid-electric >models rather than electric-only vehicles may actually increase demand for >charging infrastructure around the world, and thereby support the transition >to all-electric vehicles in the longer term. Take note of this, all you >prevaricating buyers out there. > >The other is that it's the consumer who decides how to use a technology, not >its provider. It's a basic insight but it's easily forgotten. I wonder how >many new products have fizzled because the R&D department or the marketing >team thought they knew best, and how many have succeeded in ways no-one had >expected? > > > > >Ing. Marco Gaxiola >Futuro Inteligente - CEO/Director >http://www.futurointeligente.com/en >https://www.facebook.com/FuturoInteligente >My Conversion: >https://www.facebook.com/EvMarch > >_______________________________________________ >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
