From: Ron Kean (ronkean@juno.com)
Date: Sat Jun 05 1999 - 00:10:58 MDT
On Fri, 04 Jun 1999 17:27:03 -0400 "Michael S. Lorrey" <mike@lorrey.com>
writes:
>Eugene Leitl wrote:
>
Even an electric car, all told, has a 30-45%
>efficiency.
>
If the efficiency of an electric car is about 35% based on the electrical
energy used to charge the batteries, and the efficiency with which that
electrical energy is produced and delivered is also about 35%, then the
overall efficiency of the car based on the heat produced by the fuel
burned at the power plant would be only about 12%. That may be the
fairest basis for comparing the efficiency of a gasoline car with that of
an electric car.
Ron Kean
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