I have ten cars, not one of them electric. :) One 1.5 liter 4 cylinder One 1.6 liter 4 cylinder Two 2 liter 4 cylinders One 2 liter 4 cylinder 16v turbo One supercharged 3 liter V6 One 3.4 liter V8 One 4.2 liter V8 One 4.4 liter V8 One 4.8 liter V12 (18.5 liters of oil and 120 liters of fuel)
> On May 17, 2020, at 14:59, John Nichols <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Entropy is a wonderful thing > > > From: USMA <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Martin Vlietstra > Sent: Sunday, 17 May 2020 3:08 PM > To: 'Michael Payne' <[email protected]>; 'USMA List Server' > <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA 1402] Re: Talking to people about metric > > One other advantage, particularly in city traffic is regenerative braking. > When you apply brakes in a petrol-powered car, the energy that you used to > get up to speed is thrown away, in a vehicle with regenerative braking, it is > “pumped” back into the battery. > > From: USMA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael > Payne > Sent: 17 May 2020 12:08 > To: USMA List Server > Subject: [USMA 1401] Re: Talking to people about metric > > Yes, my error, consumption is in kWh and power consumed in Kw. The car has a > 66 kW motor. Low cost of operation is one of the advantages of electric > vehicles, apart from no maintenance (oil, filters, plugs, etc.) the cost of > operation is very low and even cheaper in traffic where the consumption is > the inverse of internal combustion engines. I’ll attach a couple of pictures, > as you can see I’ve only done 65 km this month with the lockdown. We can do > more traveling now we’ve opened up a bit from the 11th May. I reset the data > the 1st of every month. > > <image001.jpg> > > <image002.jpg> > > > > On 15 May 2020, at 17:59, Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mike, > > Surely you mean 7 kWh/100 km? (Also 12,5 to 16 kWh/100 km). > > Your running costs show one of the advantages of using metric units. A > petrol-powered small car uses about 4 L/100 km (larger cars typically 7 or 8 > L/100 km). (I will not quote the mpg as that would means specifying whether I > am talking about US or Imperial gallons). A litre of petrol is typically > €1,40 so the running cost of your electric car is one quarter that of a > petrol-powered car. > > Martin Vlietstra > > -----Original Message----- > From: USMA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael > Payne > Sent: 15 May 2020 09:21 > To: USMA List Server > Subject: [USMA 1397] Re: Talking to people about metric > > I have an electric car as well. The numbers you give show a consumption of > just over 7 kW/100 km, this is very low compared to my Renault Zoe (the same > platform as the Nissan Leaf) which averages about 12,5 to16 kW/100 km which > give me a cost per 100 km of about €1,30. Also charging on the cheap rate > which the car does automatically. > > Mike Payne > > > On 14 May 2020, at 02:35, Harry Wyeth <[email protected]> wrote: > > I haven't written anything here for a long time, but what Al wrote a couple > of days ago is really right on. What he says about liberal-right-wing-left > -wing-fake news-etc is absolutely correct. The best way to convince someone > about the usefulness of the metric system is to gently point out how simple > and easy to use it is, and mention that it is used without a second thought > everywhere else on our planet. Unfortunately, with our miserable political > divisions and now the virus, we on the metric cutting edge are pretty much > way out on the back burner for a while. But it would sure be nice to hear > about 2m social distancing for a change! > > On another point, Tesla vehicles have a computer readout showing kWh used > since the last charge, per trip, or overall. There is also a Wh/km rate > display for the same periods. One vehicle I have information on shows 2200 > kWh used for about 15500 km traveled overall. At a $ 0.12 /kWh rate for home > electric vehicle charging in northern California (starts at midnight), the > electricity cost is $264 or just $ 0.017/km. > > All the driver has to do is select metric instead of miles on a preferences > screen. > > HARRY WYETH > > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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