Go for it! That will make an interesting road trip agenda. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected], Sent: 28 February, 2014 1:03 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] SAAB Returns From the Dead - Now an Full EV?
I may be an exception. In a couple of years when I retire, I plan on getting a tesla with large battery, and visiting all the superchargers in North America. -------- Original message -------- From: Lee Hart <[email protected]> Date:02/27/2014 12:19 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [EVDL] SAAB Returns From the Dead - Now an Full EV? Chris Meier wrote: > Well said, Martin. I too would prefer the 40kwh pack. Why invest in > 1.5x or 2x, or needlessly use up that battery plant capacity. I would > though like to be able to add or swap in up to 2x at the first > supercharger station and return it there on the return leg, should I > take any long trips. > > 24kwh packs are marginally sized for MN, this winter we're close to > an all time record for length/amount of cold much of it below zero F. > I'm curious to know how the leaf's are holding up. I agree with Martin and Chris. Hugely oversizing the pack to get the same range as ICEs does not make sense when your garage is your gas station. You're paying more for batteries, and hauling around extra weight, which lowers performance and efficiency to no purpose. Electric cars are ideal commuter vehicles; cheap, efficient, and clean. Daily commutes generally have a short repeatable driving pattern, and cost is more important than range. People don't commute in Ferraris or Teslas; they do it in Toyotas and Hondas that are far more cost effective. We already know how to build efficient EVs that get 200 wh/mile or better. With such a car, you don't need an exotic expensive battery pack to get your daily range. A 20 KWh pack (half the size of the smallest Tesla) would still give you a 100 mile range. -- The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw -- Lee Hart's EV projects and Balancer at www.sunrise-ev.com/Balancer.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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140228/834773bb /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) _______________________________________________ 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)
