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Originally Posted by 90503
Well, that's a nice spin, but really? You don't think it could possibly mean HWY MPG (a higher rate of speed) as compared to CITY MPG? Since the beginning of time, highway mileage and the higher speeds used on highways, have delivered greater range in ICE vehicles.
EVs on the other hand do the opposite.
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Because the ratio between usable energy (power, work, whatever) and waste is way different.
Say add AC compressor to big ass V8 engine - it has so much losses in spining itself that the AC is not even noticable, where in EV everything counts. EVERYTHING.
EV is so efficient, and not needing to use power to coast or stand in the traffic, that any use of energy will be seen.
The problem is that we are used to inefficient ICE (which is cool, ZL1
) that we don't even think about stuff like "why do I need to burn fuel when I am just standing still". But whole bad talk about EVs are not because they suck, its because current battery technology suck. If we could have batteries with an energy density of gasoline we would probably have 2k miles (and up) range easy. But todays batteries are big and heavy...