10 car convoy following as I drive 50mph

[rmay635703]

Every time I drive this on the highway I get a parade following me to the store

[JockoT]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

When I get an EV, I'll go as fast as the law will allow me to get away with. Don't really care about EV efficiency as much when it's so cheap, and renewable.

Me too. It will be full throttle acceleration (full throttle - will that become full potentiometer!) at every opportunity, and 10% over the posted limit.

[Frank Lee]

Until your electric is 100% renewable that's kind of... not right.

[Ecky]

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

Until your electric is 100% renewable that's kind of... not right.

Mine is! Burlington VT was actually the first city in the US to go 100% renewable. Vermont as a whole has no fossil fuel power plants, but some parts do buy fossil fuel energy from neighboring states.

Shame it's cheaper per mile to burn gasoline in an Insight than electricity in, say, a Leaf.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by JockoT

(full throttle - will that become full potentiometer!)

Modern cars do have drive-by-wire throttles (potentiometer).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgln9L5Y7sQ

Originally Posted by Ecky

Shame it's cheaper per mile to burn gasoline in an Insight than electricity in, say, a Leaf.

Not compared to electricity where I live. I pay about 2 cents per EV mile compared to 6 cents for gasoline in the Prius. The Insight might be 4 cents per mile, which is still double my EV rate.

[rmay635703]

Originally Posted by JockoT

Me too. It will be full throttle acceleration (full throttle - will that become full potentiometer!) at every opportunity, and 10% over the posted limit.

The yellow car above is always driven 100% throttle continuous on the highway

I don’t feel real bad at my 50mph max flat ground speed.

[Ecky]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

Modern cars do have drive-by-wire throttles (potentiometer).

Not compared to electricity where I live. I pay about 2 cents per EV mile compared to 6 cents for gasoline in the Prius. The Insight might be 4 cents per mile, which is still double my EV rate.

I'm at around 3.2 cents per mile gasoline with gas prices here. It's closer to 2.4 on long trips when I'm driving conservatively, and as high as 4.5 cents per mile for city driving in the middle of winter. Oil changes add a negligible amount to this.

Electricity here is 11c/kwh for the first block, then goes up to ~15, which would be 3.3 cents or 4.5 cents per mile if a Leaf is getting its EPA rated range. I'm unsure if that's before or after conversion losses when charging. I'm also not sure how well a Leaf would do when it's -20 to -40F.

Admittedly though, a Leaf is a much larger vehicle. It's not really a fair comparison, even if I wouldn't ever use the extra space.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by jamesqf

And you don't have the common (ok, not so common :-() courtesy to pull over and let them by? When one of those people stuck behind you is having a really bad day, succumbs to road rage, and puts a couple of bullets through your rear window... Well, if I'm on the jury, he'll get off with justifiable homicide.

As a supporter of responsible gun ownership, I would not be so likely to consider such situation as a "justifiable" homicide.

[wdb]

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

I sure hope I never need the services of a jury of Duhmericans. Oof-Da.

I sure hope you never need the services of an ambulance operated by Duhmericans, that gets caught behind a long line of cars because some Diapermiler is too stubborn and self-righteous to pull over every now and then.

I used to be a lot more aggressive in my daily driving, but one day I realized that I was arriving at work in a fuming funk every day. So I started giving myself more time to get there, and taking routes that were less popular (read: less traffic) and less likely to raise my stress levels. It was a revelation. I heartily recommend that folks who know they're going to be driving below the prevailing traffic speeds give it a try. Not necessarily as a way to reduce *your* stress but as a kindness to other motorists who are perhaps not as enlightened. I promise not to get upset when I come up behind you.

[Frank Lee]

Duhmericans MIGHT pull over for an ambulance if they're not too busy texting.

Hypermilers- often being hyper-aware- will.