Interesting article: Tesla Semi Electric Motorhome.
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Hi Alan,
The answer to your statement is that electric engines can be more than 90% efficient and even up to 98% efficient while combustion engines are 30 to 45% efficient.
The answer to your statement is that electric engines can be more than 90% efficient and even up to 98% efficient while combustion engines are 30 to 45% efficient.
Alan_Hepburn wrote:
One thing that few people think about: until somebody can build an electric motor that is 100% efficient there will be a "cost" for running an electric motor. That cost is the inefficiency of the motor, which manifests itself as heat! So, in the end electric motors actually cause global warming!
