"> Consider hybrid cars; they generally get better fuel economy. I'm not an engineer, so I'm treading hazardous waters here, but I'm not so sure I agree."
A clue comes from the fact that EV's get their best consumption around town, and ice cars on the open road. As ice can get 35% efficiency, but this is at 80% load, it drops terribly at low loads, and of course at zero load the is no comparison. In an manual gas car, drive down a level road at 20 mph, reach a steady state, then, holding the accelerator position, put your foot on the clutch. The engine speed will increase a bit but not scream. This is because most of the fuel is being spent on turning the engine over at that speed, not on driving the car. Under the same conditions a hybrid will run on electric. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
