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Originally Posted by California98Civic
Interesting results. Confirms what we already thought, which is also useful. I guess the ICE is even more inefficient (compared to an EV) on acceleration than in cruise. That makes sense because under higher load everything gets hotter, wasting more fuel as heat. Maybe that magnifies the normal differences in efficiency.
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The BSFC for the ICE is around 3X higher than the BSFC-e of the electric. The late, Dr. Paul MacCready of AeroVironment ( originator of the GM Impact/ EV1), used to refer to ICE vehicles as 'blast-furnaces on wheels.'