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MetroMPG · 01-10-2008, 03:22 PM

Conversions:

1 kWh = 3412 BTU
1 gal (US) gasoline = 114,500 BTU

EDIT: and the electric efficiency figures quoted are energy use "at the wall" (including charging inefficiencies), not just energy drained from the pack.

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