Thread: Miles Per Gallon Equivalent by Four Different Methods
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Old 12-23-2010, 03:08 PM   #86 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mnmarcus View Post
I think IamIan had the best post, he looked at MPGe in like 4 ways... Maybe we need a bunch of MPGe's. MPGe$ how much it cost to drive per mile -vs- gas. MPGe$A how much it cost to drive versus a gas version figuring in the extra initial cost of the EV and the depreciation of car and battery packs. MPGeCo2 could be the carbon footprint version. MPGeBTU could just look at the thermal efficiencies... MPGeMAX could be the range... That doesn't make sense.
The first post of this thread also agrees with IamIan on that point.
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