CarsAndComrades [comrade/them] to cars • 1 year agoToyota Is Right: We Need More Hybrid Cars and Fewer EVs. Here's Whyexternal-linkmessage-square15 fedilinkarrow-up127file-text
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minus-squareculpritus [any]hexbear12·edit-21 year agoe-bikes are the real sweet spot, but USA is hell on wheels just for comparison sake fancy e-cargo bike battery: 545 WattHours rav4 plugin hybrid battery: 18.1 KiloWattHours Chinese (BYD) mini EV battery: 32.2 KiloWattHours tesla model 3 lower range battery: ~65 KiloWattHours electric hummer battery: 200+ KiloWattHours so one plugin hybrid is equivalent to ~33 fancy e-cargo bikes worth of battery and one electric hummer is equivalent to 11 plugin hybrids or 364 e-cargo bikes link
minus-squareCarsAndComrades [comrade/them]hexagonhexbear5·1 year agoThe battery pack in a Hummer EV weighs as much as an entire Mazda Miata link
minus-squareCarsAndComrades [comrade/them]hexagonhexbear5·1 year agoI'm seriously looking at an ebike for commuting, at least for part of the year. link
e-bikes are the real sweet spot, but USA is hell on wheels
just for comparison sake
fancy e-cargo bike battery: 545 WattHours
rav4 plugin hybrid battery: 18.1 KiloWattHours
Chinese (BYD) mini EV battery: 32.2 KiloWattHours
tesla model 3 lower range battery: ~65 KiloWattHours
electric hummer battery: 200+ KiloWattHours
so one plugin hybrid is equivalent to ~33 fancy e-cargo bikes worth of battery
and one electric hummer is equivalent to 11 plugin hybrids or 364 e-cargo bikes
The battery pack in a Hummer EV weighs as much as an entire Mazda Miata
I'm seriously looking at an ebike for commuting, at least for part of the year.