Comment on Teslas have been consuming a lot of gasoline lately.
rtxn@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoKeeping in mind that this is a hypothetical scenario and that I did point out that the overall efficiency is dependent on how much of the power is generated by renewables and how much by the on-site diesel generator:
- An ICE skips the conversion to electricity and its storage.
- An ICE vehicle weighs less because it doesn’t have batteries (see this chart to compare the energy density (MJ/kg, horizontal axis) of lithium batteries to gasoline and diesel)
- There is a point in the diesel/solar ratio at which the system’s overall efficiency is higher with an EV than an ICE, but I don’t know where that is because, once again, you’re pissing yourself over a hypothetical scenario.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It doesn’t really matter actually. Electric motors are so much better at delivering power, that you will get more range from a gallon of gas by towing an ‘flat battery’ EV behind a truck and then driving the EV than you will just driving the truck without towing the EV.
evulhotdog@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Doesn’t that highlight the torque that is available and delivered, more than efficiency of the electric motors, charging, heat losses, etc.?
There has to be a better example to prove your point than this.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Nope.