Quote:
Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
I agree with your last paragraph completely. EVs are far more efficient at converting energy into propulsion. Someone estimated electrical motors as 60% efficient. I think the number is more like 85%. Adding the no idle time of EVs and they are far more efficient than ICE. To counter that, petroleum fuel is far more efficient at BTU storage. From an engineering perspective, we should work on the efficiency of converting BTU from petroleum fuel to electrical propulsion at the vehicle level.
|
https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/fi...5/10097517.pdf
And since the Tesla's max power is so high most of the time it will be operating in the <20% load part of the curve.