Re:Big oil will die when it becomes cheaper to hail an elect...
by epistasis on Friday July 07, 2017 @01:16AM
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And in the next sentence I completely spitball that it may be a third of that.
That's based on the drag, which is most of the energy spent on hauling.
Though another benefit of electric is that the kinetic energy of accelerating 50,000 lbs to 55mph can be regenerated, instead of lost entirely. And it's not an insignificant amount of potential energy, at really close to 2kWh.
That's based on the drag, which is most of the energy spent on hauling.
Though another benefit of electric is that the kinetic energy of accelerating 50,000 lbs to 55mph can be regenerated, instead of lost entirely. And it's not an insignificant amount of potential energy, at really close to 2kWh.