[RE-wrenches] Energy usage for an electric car

[boB at midnitesolar.com]

If my calculations are correct, with a gallon of gasoline containing 
around 40 kW/Hours of energy,
that would give Bill's RAV4EV an equivalent of  136 MPG   and David's 
Leaf an MPG of 112 MPG

boB


On 9/28/2013 8:03 PM, frenergy wrote:
> William,
>         We've had a 2012 RAV4EV for the last 8 months.  On average we 
> are consuming 13.5 KWhrs/day driving it.  This translates to about 46 
> mi/day, average.  For what it's worth the RAV is Tesla inside 
> (battery, motor, controller...) though is the 'small' 42 KW battery. 
> Tesla was putting it in the Model S but I'm not sure if they still do, 
> they advertise just the 60 and 85KW batts now.  I added a 4KW array to 
> keep up with the days when we travel more like 75-100 miles and it's 
> keeping up quite well, we'll see what the winter holds...may be more 
> driving the Jetta TDI when the weather sets in.
> Bill
> Feather River Solar Electric
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* William Miller <mailto:william at millersolar.com>
>     *To:* RE-wrenches <mailto:re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>     *Sent:* Friday, September 27, 2013 1:20 PM
>     *Subject:* [RE-wrenches] Energy usage for an electric car
>
>     Friends:
>
>     Have any of you researched the energy usage for an electric car? 
>     The car in question is a Tesla Sedan.
>
>     Thanks in advance.
>
>     William
>
>

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