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Old 05-11-2010, 02:47 PM   #22 (permalink)
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I hope that you go back and read what I added to my post. And I hope that you keep an open mind. You cannot match a serial hybrid which achieves nearly 100% BSFC during acceleration. Nor can you have any regenerative braking.

A good EV has about 80% efficiency at least. The Aptera 2e is about 91% efficient, and the eVaro is probably higher than that.

If you drove 8 hours covering 480 miles at 60mph, would you be able to turn off the engine for 6 hours? And for the 2 hours you did run the engine, would you be able to achieve nearly 100% BSFC?
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