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Old 06-21-2011, 08:23 PM   #54 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by dcb View Post
.i.e. 7.5kwh kohler runs at 1.4gph, times charging losses, times discharging losses, times controller losses, times motor losses, before you get to an actual output shaft that can turn a wheel.
Not if your system was designed sensibly: most of the power generated should go straight to the drive motor, with only the excess over the amount needed to move the car going to the batteries and incurring charge/discharge losses.
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