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Old 12-30-2021, 02:22 PM   #198 (permalink)
redpoint5
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Acura TSX - '06 Acura TSX
90 day: 24.19 mpg (US)

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90 day: 47.32 mpg (US)

Big Yeller - Dodge/Cummins - '98 Dodge Ram 2500 base
90 day: 21.82 mpg (US)

Chevy ZR-2 - '03 Chevrolet S10 ZR2
90 day: 17.14 mpg (US)

Model Y - '24 Tesla Y LR AWD

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Your comments are very revealing about your command of the subject.
I'm unsure of a remedy.
My favorite thing is to be shown to be wrong, but you're simply stating it rather than showing it.

... I found one John's videos, and he already isn't making any sense. He says "instead of rating gas trucks in MPG, you need to convert it to watt hours per mile". Nonsense, people don't purchase energy for their trucks in watts, but gallons. Knowing how far you can go and how much it will cost is more easily accomplished with MPG. How does converting that to watt hours per mile help someone understand how far they can go, or how much it will cost?

His criticism is that they towed an inefficient trailer, and should have towed something else. What other horse trailer is more efficient? You don't haul horses on a Harbor Freight trailer. It's a dumb argument.

Then he undermines his own point by saying his F150 has a 36 gallon gas tank, and he needs that much to tow his 5th wheel... 270 miles is the most he's gone without refueling the F150.

He assumes most EV pickups are going to have a 200 kWh battery, which is massive, and expensive. The battery alone might be $30,000.
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