Well, yes, but it seems obvious too that a Volt needs to charge sooner than a Leaf, which goes a long way towards explaining the usage pattern.
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 9:31 AM, robert winfield <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130728/9ef1b0e9/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
