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Old 07-20-2010, 06:52 PM   #12 (permalink)
Dr. Jerryrigger
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The Sh*t-Box - '99 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport
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Originally Posted by bustedprop View Post
Any idea of what kind of range extension or mpg increase you might get with an extra 225ah?
Well lets say we have a 25% mechanical loss (low end guess), so that brings us down to about 170ah, at 45V that's ~7.6kw hours, or about 10hp hours.
That's roughly the energy you get out of 1.5 gallons of gas per charge.
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