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Originally Posted by hvatum
Any idea what the equivalent MPG would be on a cost basis, as in how much gas could the money you spent on electricity purchase you?
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Good question. The EV is costing about 2.5 cents per mile for electricity @ 8 cents / kWh. With gasoline around $1.10/L or $4.15/gal US, it costs 4.15 cents per mile @ 100 mpg.
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Also equivalent CO2 output would be interesting, that depends upon the source of the energy of course.
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When I drive it, the FS eats only the finest renewable energy, hydroelectric & wind.
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Originally Posted by Lazarus
That is interesting with a block heater you might of beat it.  |
I wonder... because to be fair I would have had to include the power usage
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I've noticed with my bike that the efficiency goes way down on short trips. If I go 5 miles and recharge it's a lot worse then if I go 30 miles and recharge.
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I've noticed the same thing with the car. It's due to the charging algorithm - there are certain "overheads" in charging that I have to pay, regardless of whether I drove 1 km or 15. Spread it over 15 km and the overall energy picture is better. But it's harder on the batteries.
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Originally Posted by bennelson
I gotta say this is an unfair battle of cars. You have a homebrew electric with really beat up batteries vs a totally pimped-out ecomodder gas car.
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Ding ding ding! You're absolutely correct!
This is in no way apples:apples. The gas car also has WAY better tires (LRR) on it, and is mechanically in perfect condition. In at least 3 points of the route I was able to keep coasting the Flea where I would have been driving the EV.
I suspect when we put the fresher battery pack back in the car this summer, there will be a noticeable jump in efficiency as well.
On top of that, the ForkenSwift has a bad front wheel bearing and the front wheel alignment is off. You should hear it!
In better condition, I'd expect the FS would be untouchable. We'll see - the bearing will be replaced this summer, the fresher pack installed, and I'll line up the front wheels. Maybe I'll even swap the Flea's LRR wheels/tires onto it just for an experiment.
I'm guessing 130 mpge...