Alan, Those are the most impressive results I have seen to date on green
driving of EVs. I would like some more details, if possible. Can you email me
at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks. Fran
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From: FLEAA
To: Fleaa
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 10:43 PM
Subject: [FLEAA] First Day with the Electric Cabriolet
Greetings FLEAA,
Here is the results from today's test with the 1989 VW Cabriolet. I
thought everyone might be interested in seeing some hard numbers.
a. Total miles on the Cabriolet = 25 miles (real world driving of stop
lights, accelerating to keep up with traffic, and 45+ mph)
b. Total % drained = 65%
c. Time to recharge from 35% = 8.5 hours @120V/10.5A
d. Total KWH used to charge = 9.3KWH (or approx $1.03 to charge@ $0.11KWH)
e. Price per mile = $0.04 cents
f. Solar energy generated today = 5.786KWH (it was partly cloudy in Miami
today)
g. Price per mile using today's solar energy (5.8KWH) + grid backup
(3.5KWH)= $0.016 (did not generate enough to fully charge the batteries today)
h. Total saved on gas = 1 gallon
i. Total CO2 saved(1) = .78lbs/mile *25 miles = 19.5 lbs
Many thanks to Steve Clunn and Audrey for all of the long nights and hard
work on the conversion.
Allan
(1) Reference: 2005 CRV(averages 26mpg) =
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html
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