I'm given to understand that 50+ miles is not a difficult to attain range with a homebuilt EV, its 60+ where the challenge comes in. Its also nice that mileage doesn't really decrease in heavy traffic unless you had to run a heater. I still think a little propane heater would be just the ticket there... Back when I was a wee tiny bairn my mother drove a Type III VW that had a propane heater on the floor so we didn't freeze in northern Maine winters.
-Curt Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:27:16 -0400 From: Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] The "Dirty Little Secret Behind the Chevy VOLT".... Message-ID: <4dfe93e4.70...@voyager.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Tim C wrote: > Why do I want an electric car? Because: > > - I drive a very predictable 20 miles round-trip in a day. That's 1 > gallon of diesel, give or take, so call it $3.75 +/- $0.75. Using a > relatively-conservative hobbyist conversion 0.5 KWh/mile, I would > spend $1.00 (I pay $0.10/KWh) for my commute, plus I never have to go > out of my way to the good diesel station. If you're willing to accept hobbyist electric performance, why don't you run those numbers again after sticking a 15hp Kubota diesel in a VW Rabbit? It'll be a lot more than 20mpg that way. Mitch. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
