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Originally Posted by drmiller100
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.
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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.