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FUV gets 173.7 MPGe ??? |
Posted by: ben - 12-14-2020, 08:01 PM - Forum: Technical Discussion
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The FUV can reach a top speed of 75 mph (121 km/h) and sports an estimated city range of 102.5 miles (165 km). Arcimoto claims that the FUV reaches an efficiency of 173.7 MPGe.
https://electrek.co/2020/11/30/arcimoto-...c-vehicle/
just wondering under what conditions does the FUV reach an efficiency of 173.7 MPGe the reason I ask is have a gut feeling that overall in the real world its actually much less?!
this is because for sake of argument lets say the high voltage battery in the FUV stores about 20KwH of energy
27:32 [THE FUV BATTERY] ...it's 19.2 (KwH)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dje2WD_YfpQ&t=27m32s
AND on average 1 KwH of energy creates about 1lb of CO2 AND lets also assume that burning 1 gal of gas in an internal combustion engine creates about 20 lbs of CO2 AND lastly from news articles lets estimate that the range of the FUV is about 100 miles
(NOTE all these figures have been rounded off to make the mental calculations simple)
on average, one kilowatt-hour creates 1.13 pounds of carbon dioxide
https://www.blueskymodel.org/kilowatt-hour
On average, one gallon of gasoline produces a little over 18 pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2)
http://www.blueskymodel.org/gallon-gas
...IOW the FUV uses 20KwH of energy to go 100 miles AND since 20 KwH creates about 20 lbs of CO2 AND that 1 gal of gas (looking at the chemical combustion process) creates 20 lbs of CO2,... so the real world efficiency of the FUV is actually about 100 MPGe ??? (this to me seems more real world ball park figure for MPGe because of the high parasitic current draw caused by among other things the "high voltage" battery pack always charging the 12 volt electronic brains system battery)
https://www.gmforum.com/howto/1998SM/par...edures.pdf
"over all" wish the energy use (in an FUV) to travel a given distance was better than 100 MPGe, but from my own short term experience having the FUV (here in San Diego), its been pretty nice to have a windscreen along with heated seats to run errands and goto covid events like,...
https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news...lboa-park/
actually given the small size and maneuverability of the FUV we were able to avoid the gridlock at this drive-up event (where there were lots of SUVs)
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Accessory power for dashcam |
Posted by: harriska2 - 10-24-2020, 05:30 PM - Forum: Upgrades and Options
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Has anyone found where there might be accessory power to tap for a dashcam system. The USB plugs and all fuses always have power and there is no ignition system to tap into (as it has no gas engine). We just want the dashcam to work only when the vehicle is on.
Nevermind, found a plug that fit the bill.
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