Mark, I'd say your Tesla is doing pretty darn well for such a portly vehicle. Over 2 tons! Yikes.
Some carefully designed conversions have managed outstanding efficiency. James Worden of Solectria was obsessive about it, and Forces (Geo Metro conversions) routinely got 150-180 Wh/mi when moderately driven. The Solectria Sunrise prototype that Worden drove from Boston to New York on one charge in 1997 used about 105 Wh/mi, though it was reportedly extensively lightened for the trip. As for (theoretically) production vehicles, the new Aptera is supposed to manage 100 Wh/mi. That's a much smaller car than the Sunrise though. Alex Krause's limited-production composite-bodied COMminiCATION Evergreen targa measured less than 175 Wh/mi on its 1997 trip over the Alps. Inntriguingly (and off topic), that's about what the Evergreen returned in normal driving. In hilly driving, well-done regen is like leveling out the hills. So don't tell me that regen isn't worth having, y'hear? :-) David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = If you made a column of things you're pretty sure you know, and then made another column of how you know those things, most of that column is like: "Some guy told me." It's just clickbait and hearsay. Goes into the head, locks onto a feeling, you're like: "That sounds good. I'm gonna tell other people that." And that's how brand marketing works, and also fascism, we're finding. -- Marc Maron = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org 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
