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Old 12-15-2012, 04:51 PM   #6 (permalink)
bennelson
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90 day: 30.48 mpg (US)

Electro-Metro - '96 Ben Nelson's "Electro-Metro"
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Not sure. I didn't track the recharge with a kill-a-watt, and the pack wasn't full either, as my wife drove the car that morning, and I don't know how much she used.

If you are trying to say something along the lines of "Hey, it's not a fair comparason to gas, because some electricity from the wall was used.." I agree with you. I think we've already had long discussions on Ecomodder about the whole "MPGe" thing.

When I get my plug-in hybrid pickup truck going, I'm planning on tracking the energy use on that with a dual system. I'll log BOTH electricity and liquid fuel seperately, and say "I used X gallons of fuel and Y kilowatts of electricity to go Z miles.

It's hard to give a really fair compare between gas and electric, but it's fair to say that combining the two can make for a very efficient vehicle.
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