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Re:Tesla Model 3 Drives into Overturned Truck in Apparent Au... by gnopgnip on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @01:34AM (#23387819)
Your estimate is 4 miles per kWh, or about 135 mpg. But the average car in the US is about 0.75 miles per kWh, or about 25 mpg
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Re:Tesla Model 3 Drives into Overturned Truck in Apparent Au... by zamfi on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @02:38AM (#23388267)
4 miles per kWh is what Tesla's Model 3 does (and similar EVs).

ICE cars lose a lot of the energy stored in gasoline to waste heat, especially in city driving.

That's to say nothing of the challenge of generating gasoline from solar energy.

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Re:Tesla Model 3 Drives into Overturned Truck in Apparent Au... by gambiting on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @04:54AM (#23389067)
Even my Volvo XC60 PHEV(2.2 tonne SUV which also+ carries around a petrol motor and a tank of fuel) averages about 2.5-3miles/kWh in pure electric mode. These numbers can only be improved going forward.
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