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Old 01-23-2012, 01:42 PM   #51 (permalink)
Ken Fry
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Originally Posted by drmiller100 View Post
if the generator is 90 percent efficient, the charge controller loses 5 percent, battery loses 5 percent when charging, motor controller uses 3 percent, motor is 90 percent efficient, batteries cost 15,000 bucks, and you lose 10 percent in the power company's transmission and distribution, your cost per mile eventually starts to add up.
Absolutely. The Argonne Lab GREET tables give a pretty good accounting of the well-to-pump and well-to-plug efficiencies of various energy sources.

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