Frankly, I don't bother too much with numbers for folks. I just tell them that EVs need speed governors to tone down the acceleration. People get the message.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 4, 2014, at 7:20 PM, Ben Goren via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Don't forget another important time-and-distance metric: time to go 1/4 mile. > The street-legal White Zombie's 10.24 quarter mile should more than counter > any snickers about EVs being golf carts for old farts. Yes, EVs are vital for > stemming the tide of resource exhaustion and pollution, but they're also > poised to dominate racing applications. And wouldn't you rather see races be > electric -- _and_ see those races convince testosterone-poisoned teenagers to > go electric, too? > > b& > >> On Aug 2, 2014, at 10:44 PM, Dennis Miles via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> One question that a potential EV car buyer always asks is "Just how far it >> will take me before another charge is needed? " >> >> Perhaps we should have another computation available, as comparison, >> for each vehicle: >> >> Cost to drive 40 miles (Average daily commute.) (Dollars per mile.) >> >> Time to drive 1,000 miles? >> >> Cost for all fuel consumed? >> >> Time to drive 2,000 miles ? >> >> Cost? >> >> Time to drive 3,000 miles ? >> >> Cost? >> >> Distance drivable in eight hours? >> >> Cost? >> >> Distance drivable in 16 hours ? >> >> Cost ? >> >> Footnote: assuming 65 mph average speed and stops as needed for charging or >> refueling. >> >> Not including driver's breaks for food and "necessary" stops... >> >> Dennis Lee Miles >> >> (*[email protected] <[email protected]>)* >> >> * Founder: **EV Tech. Institute Inc.* >> >> *Phone #* *(863) 944-9913 (12 noon to 12 midnight Eastern US Time)* >> >> *Educating yourself, does not mean you were **stupid; it means, you are >> intelligent enough, **to know, that there is plenty left to learn!* >> >> * You Tube Video link: http://youtu.be/T-FVjMRVLss >> <http://youtu.be/T-FVjMRVLss> * >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140803/11daf569/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) > > _______________________________________________ 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)
