Fumesucker
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Tue May-13-08 04:26 PM
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11. It's certainly not a perfect system.. |
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Edited on Tue May-13-08 04:27 PM by Fumesucker
But it would substantially increase the fuel efficiency of the existing fleet of vehicles at a fairly reasonable cost..
And the thing is, it could be moved to another car if the car you have it in breaks so badly it's not worth fixing.. Probably all you would need is the wheel adapters if your newer car had a different bolt pattern/spacing, etc..
The batteries, motors and controller would just take out of the old car and put in the new.
What most people don't realize is that you save a lot more money and energy taking a car that gets say 15 mpg and making it get 25 mpg than one that gets 30 mpg and making it get 40 mpg..
12,000 miles per year/15 mpg = 800 gallons 800 * $4.00 = $3200 per year.. 12,000/25 = 480 gallons 480 * $4.00 = $1920
Total fuel savings = $1280
12,000/30 = 400 gallons 400 * $4.00 = $1600 12,000/40 = 300 gallons 300 * $4.00 = $1200
Total savings = $400
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