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Old 01-07-2015, 07:36 AM   #227 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by P-hack View Post
ran a bunch of errands today and except where it was extra slippery I treated the throttle/shifter like an on-off switch with heavy acceleration, only turning on the climate control to defrost occasionally, but with long neutral glides and little braking. got about 3.3 mi/kwh ($0.03/mile). It glides pretty well, heavy and tires pumped up, but it doesn't pick up speed on its own in neutral going downhill like an econobox, I think the 8:1 gearing and motor inertia (and magnets) keep gravity from accelerating it like I'm used to. It is fun to P&G it though
I pay $0.14 / kWh for electricity so that would be $0.042/ mile

Isn't PnG worse for energy efficiency with an electric vehicle? High load creates more waste heat in an electric motor than low loads especially at take off.
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