Mazda has tested a synthetic fuel in an unmodified MX5 on a 1000-mile road trip

Re:Mazda has tested a synthetic fuel in an unmodified MX5 on... by mmoskal on Monday January 02, 2023 @12:06PM (#34220335)

Interesting to note that there is ~30kWh of energy in a gallon of gasoline, so the reason EV would only take 20% of US electricity consumption is that they are 5x more efficient (than the 20mpg gas figure used).

Indeed seems manageable.

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Re:Mazda has tested a synthetic fuel in an unmodified MX5 on... by AtlasBarfed on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @10:50AM (#34232972)

I did not verify his figures, but his methodology was BEV efficiency, not the amount of energy in a gallon of gasoline. Electric drivetrains and cars are designed ground-up for efficiency to a degree that ICE cars are not, as well as the fact that something like 80-90% of energy in a gallon of gasoline is wasted (60-70% due to Carnot efficiency alone).

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