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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Also, don't forget to factor in your cost calculations a number of large decals that say
"NO, IT'S NOT AN ELECTRIC CAR".
Otherwise you'll be spending time repeatedly answering that question from passersby who see your panels and leap to that conclusion.  |
I bypass that with my aforementioned no muffler ICE. When idling its silent(I roll up to crossings and people are alarmed that there all of a sudden is a car there(very slow speed)).
The alternator produces AC current very efficiently. . .your car uses strictly DC so iot converts it using diodes which allow it to freewheel alittle but the transition between freeload and load causes it to lose that 30%