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Greet Model Argh
I expect full disdain for my negative view of the Greet model and much of the Argonne work, as well as the SAE.
That said, Argonne is capable of good work. But much of the problem of EV analysis is rooted in their failure (and SAE's) to recognize that the heat energy that can be produced by electric energy is very different from the heat energy needed to produce that same amount of electric energy. I have to say this is a national embarrassment. Surely some of these folks were awake in freshman physics class.
As is Argonne's commitment to "promoting plug-in hybrids." This is a management position of course, which is without regard to technical facts.
It is harder to explain the SAE. The only thing I can think of is that our auto industry turned into a fashion industry and the SAE is mostly interested in dressing the next "America's Top Model."
Does that stir things up a bit?
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