Here's a 10:35 minute long video showing a converted Prius averaging 583MPG in an 11-mile round trip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yof2bfkhDc8
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Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 9:41:34 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [EVDL] The True Cost of Buying a Volt
Cor hits the nail on the head on this comparison.
When discussing range, it is crucial to know what the real-world driving
patterns are. Once you know how far we DON'T drive every day, then that
puts the PopMech road tests into perspective: 50% of Americans who
drive, drive less-than 25 miles a day the figure jumps to 80% drive 50
miles a day or less. Most of you are tired of hearing this from me by
now, but I challenge you to log your own daily driving patterns. It is
absolutely vital to solving the REAL problem to be aware of this data.
I drive about 13 miles daily: 6 miles to work, 6 miles back home. An
EV with a 15 mile range would work for me if it could be fully charged
in less-than a work day.
So the fact that the PopMech tests went over 25 miles put them in the
50th percentile (and in all tests they were still in EV mode at that
point). Once they went over 50 miles, they were in the 20th percentile:
their test only applied to 20% of Americans.
I'm not a Volt supporter/apologist, but PopMech violated the handy
mechanic's axiom of "Use the right tool for the right job", or in this
case "Use the diagnostic to test the correct part". The Volt is
designed to excel under the real-world conditions I outlined from the
1990 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey graph of "personal
vehicle miles driven daily", which can be seen here:
www.illinois.edu/goto/mileage (the original non-sex'd up
version is below)
http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress/imageSnag/mileagegraph.jpg
IF the Volt is charged up nightly then it will satisfy 50% of America's
daily driving needs in all electric mode. However IF it can be charged
up BOTH at home as well as at work, then it will easily meet over 80% of
America's daily driving needs with a 60+ miles per 2 charges range.
Given the consistency of the human migration pattern (work, school,
groceries, home), you *don't* need charging stations everywhere with a
plug-in hybrid, so if one person was able to convince their employer to
install a charging station by saying "Hey, I'll pay for it -- you supply
the e for free" they cover themselves and perhaps one other.
Popular Mechanics gets an 'F' on "devising their own method". This is
to be expected, as they are not "Practical Mechanics" or "Scientific
Mechanics" but merely "Popular" and a significant part of being popular
is being able to make a scene, which they successfully did by reporting
such poor MPG (and not revealing their math).
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Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 12:27 AM
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Subject: Re: [EVDL] The True Cost of Buying a Volt
I think the MPG difference continues to compare apples to oranges:
- MPG of starting with battery and tank full and driving until both are
empty, calculate the MPG over the total (the battery does less than 10%
of the trip so the MPG looks like a decent ICE: 38 MPG)
- MPG of a typical daily drive cycle with a recharge every night and
only running the ICE when the battery gets empty due to an occasional
longer trip. (the battery supplies in the order of 90% of the miles so
the MPGe looks like a decent EV: 230)
Regards,
Cor van de Water
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From:
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Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 7:23 AM
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Subject: [EVDL] The True Cost of Buying a Volt
I saw this article on the web. it was four pages long here are my four
lines of notes everything else I had read before.*
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*The True Cost of Buying a Volt ** * By Jerry
Edgerton<http://moneywatch.bnet.com/search/?q=Jerry+Edgerton>
Oct 15, 2010
Although the Volt qualifies for the IRS tax credit. It will not get all
state credits, Volt will not qualify for $5,000 rebate from California.
Volt drivers will also miss driving legally in car pooling lanes alone.
What about range? GM last year said the Volt would have a 230 mpg
equivalent, then Popular
Mechanics<http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/alternative-fuel/electric
/chevy-volt-range-tests>,
calculated the mileage, including miles on battery power, at 37.5 mpg
city,
38 mpg highway. [slipped the decimal?]
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*Dennis Lee Miles* (Director) *E.V.T.I. inc*.
*www.E-V-T-I-Inc.COM <http://www.e-v-t-i-inc.com/> *(Adviser)*
EVTI-EVAEducation Chapter
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Phone (813) ID4 - E V T I or (813) 434 - 3884 (I think word phone
numbers can be fun and good mnemonics aid memory.)
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