User talk:2600:1009:B166:2ED2:28A0:D57C:3DB1:640C

The gasoline equivalents page is very useful in understanding relative values of fuels. There is a problem with the electricity equivalent, however, which I am hesitant to correct. The conversion appears to have been made on the basis of heat rate or content, or BTU's. However the electric motor is 100% efficient, while the internal combustion engine is extremely inefficient. The equivalence given was ~33 KWh's to a gallon. However most of the electric vehicles on the road are getting 3 - 5 miles per KWh, which is ~ 6 - 9 KWh's per gallon equivalent. Allowing a 20% loss in charging and discharging that is still a seven to eleven KWh's per gallon equivalent.

Perhaps the best way to show this would be to add an additional line for electricity as an EV fuel. But an explanatory note would be more valuable - something like this. I do not know of good references that concisely speak to this conversion so I'll leave this note for now. 2600:1009:B166:2ED2:28A0:D57C:3DB1:640C (talk) 11:48, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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