Honda Monkey Breaks World Record Covering 4,183 Km on Single Tank

Re:Honda Monkey Breaks World Record Covering 4,183 Km on Sin... by Panzer04 on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @10:39PM (#36515687)

It's not quite as a dramatic a difference as it appears - most petrol engines are going to be in the region of 30% efficiency, vs an electric motor at ~80-90% (or perhaps more?). Still, talking 5000Wh equivalent to 250, or a 20x difference (which is about in line with most real vehicles, I think? 1 tonne battery packs vs 50L fuel tanks)

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Re:Honda Monkey Breaks World Record Covering 4,183 Km on Sin... by Manuel_D on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @10:59PM (#36515820)

Combustible fuel also leads to reductions in weight over time as fuel is burned. The same does not occur with EVs.

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Re:Honda Monkey Breaks World Record Covering 4,183 Km on Sin... by treeman79 on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @11:01PM (#36515834)

I mean it could… Just not a great idea.

Make for some expensive litter.

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Re:Honda Monkey Breaks World Record Covering 4,183 Km on Sin... by Turskarama on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @11:53PM (#36516114)

You could use a metal-air (such as Al-air) battery for this. You'd get _much_ better range than any lithium battery will give you, except it's not rechargeable.

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Re:Honda Monkey Breaks World Record Covering 4,183 Km on Sin... by msds on Thursday June 29, 2023 @12:48AM (#36516404)

In that case, it would increase in mass though.

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Re:Honda Monkey Breaks World Record Covering 4,183 Km on Sin... by treeman79 on Thursday June 29, 2023 @02:34PM (#36524753)

Could always burn the lithium to heat a boiler and turn the tires.

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Re:Honda Monkey Breaks World Record Covering 4,183 Km on Sin... by adrianN on Thursday June 29, 2023 @12:39AM (#36516348)

That's not really a problem for cars, unlike planes.

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Re:Honda Monkey Breaks World Record Covering 4,183 Km on Sin... by lostlogin on Thursday June 29, 2023 @05:17AM (#36518167)

You sound like you haven’t enjoyed the thrill of owning an old British car. Fuel sloshing out or mangling the handling on cornering was a feature of British Leyland. I miss my cursed ‘68 Triumph 2000.

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Re:Honda Monkey Breaks World Record Covering 4,183 Km on Sin... by photonerd on Thursday June 29, 2023 @12:20AM (#36516255)

> most petrol engines are going to be in the region of 30% efficiency

It’s worse than that. A recent Yale study found that—for an average car on the road—from $5 of gas you’re really only getting $1 of that energy to propulsion.

It’s 20%.

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