I assume in this sentence you meant "plugin-hybrid": "The greater the EV range that a hybrid has, the bigger the improvement."
Hybrids don't have "EV ranges" unless 1 gentle mile or so is considered "range". During my EV eganguelising I am forever correcting people who think a hybrid is an EV. It is not. But a plugin hybrid is. We have to correct those mistakes wherever they occur. == Bob On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 1:00 PM Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: > > I'm no engineer, but it seems to me that ICEV efficiency today - despite > the > > fact that most ICEVs are (IMO) drastically overpowered - is already quite > > good for a piston engine, thanks to tight microprocessor control. I > wonder > > how much more ICEs can be optimized, even when driving only a range > > extending genset - whether it's enough to make up for the conversion > losses. > > > > With fast charging pushing into the hundreds of kW, and EV batteries > > typically between 50kWh and 100kWh, I see a diminishing need for true > > hybrids and their complexity. > > Ah; but 98% of the cars on US roads are ICEs. Hybrids significantly > improve fuel economy and reduce pollution. So the more hybrids, the less > the pollution. > > The greater the EV range that a hybrid has, the bigger the improvement. > They may not be the ultimate (EV) solution, but they're a step in the > right direction. You can "sell" an ICE motor-head on a hybrid (because > it saves gas), even though they would rather *die* than drive an EV. > "EVs are a liberal democratic socialist plot to destroy real 'murican > values!" > > Could, could, could. Easy to say. Now just try to convince the general > > public to actually do it! :-\ > > That's exactly it. We can do it technologically. But can we do it > politically and emotionally? I'm reminded of that old Groucho Marx song: > > Whatever it is, I'm against it! > No matter how you reasoned or defense it, > I'm against it! > I agree with all you say; I'll oppose it anyway, > 'Cause I'm against it! > > Lee > > -- > A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is > nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. > -- Antoine de Saint Exupery > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210404/1a86b438/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
