World record for EV distance broken

[dan_b]

https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/world- ... ne%20tyres.

Impressive that it's in the Mach-E and on public roads too. Doesn't say their average speed though, but averaging over 6miles/kWh is always impressive.

[Ken]

Not impressed at all
!2yr + ago EVs were doing better mls/kwh. I remember a Miev doing 120miles on a 16kwh batt ie 7.5 mls/kwh at 20mph

I frequently do 6miles/kwh in normal urban driving at this time of the yr. If a kept to 30mph i am sure i could do 7miles/kwh.

[Saladin]

I average 25miles/kWh onna lectric bike with off road tyres..

[Oliver90owner]

It says over 24 hours. 24 hours would indicate around 24mph average. Likely a little more, but not by much.

That it needs a 91kWh battery dumbs down this boring feat of just driving around very slowly, so not really impressed here, either.

[Oliver90owner]

I average 25miles/kWh onna lectric bike with off road tyres..

By (legal) definition, your bike must be a hybrid - so your claims means nowt, really.

[Saladin]

It's not a claim it's empirical data.
Which law? The one the humans made up as a power filter or the intrinsic properties of the universe and conservation of energy?

Besides it is a hybrid I can use muscles and electromagnetics.

I'd be willing to bet that if we nationalised the car fleet the expenses involved in upkeep and subscription to a parasitic industrial complex in the form of insurance; motor tax, road maintenence, service charges, tolls, parking charges etc..
We could afford to build a rail network that worked better and not charge users for journeys.

There's a lot to be said for steel wheels that don't shrinks as fast, lower co-eff. of drag, lower rolling resistance, no bleedin' batteries and having only one engine per few hundred users etc.

[dan_b]

Averaging 6miles/kWh in a vehicle as inefficient as the Mach-E is impressive relatively speaking. But ok yes if they were driving at an average of 24mph then they're always gonna be eeking out a lot of range. Has Ford increased the battery pack capacity?

[Saladin]

and my bike's faster for than 24mph too..



"Data from the UK shows that the national rail system is about 25% more energy efficient than electric cars, and London’s subway system is about 40% more efficient. The most energy efficient travel mode overall? Electric Eurostar trains from London to Paris. They produce just 4 grams of carbon dioxide per passenger kilometer—versus 47 for electric cars, 171 for diesel cars, and 246 for domestic flights.

Another analysis shows that the kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy consumed by a French TGV high-speed train with 350 riders is less than half the energy needed to move the same number of people in electric cars (7,084 kWh vs. 14,420 kWh). And that’s assuming 1.7 passengers per car. The average car occupancy in the US is closer to 1.5 people."

Excerpt from linky

...next someone will come along to tell me trains aren't EVs either...

[Moxi]

They maybe electric vehicles Saladin but what the UK trains aren't is reliable, cheap and universally accessible! Not every town or village has a station and as some have found on here before (IIRC) if you ebike your way to a train station they might well not let you on with your ebike - not the most joined up transport system is it.

How I wish it were different.

Moxi

[Joeboy]

and my bike's faster for than 24mph too..



"Data from the UK shows that the national rail system is about 25% more energy efficient than electric cars, and London’s subway system is about 40% more efficient. The most energy efficient travel mode overall? Electric Eurostar trains from London to Paris. They produce just 4 grams of carbon dioxide per passenger kilometer—versus 47 for electric cars, 171 for diesel cars, and 246 for domestic flights.

Another analysis shows that the kilowatt hours (kWh) of energy consumed by a French TGV high-speed train with 350 riders is less than half the energy needed to move the same number of people in electric cars (7,084 kWh vs. 14,420 kWh). And that’s assuming 1.7 passengers per car. The average car occupancy in the US is closer to 1.5 people."

Excerpt from linky

...next someone will come along to tell me trains aren't EVs either...

London to Shanghai via Paris. Always fancied that one, a bit of a bucket list wish. Probably best to start out in Cornwall for max distance?