Electric Vehicles? Towing? Hauling?
There seems to be quite a push lately for zero emission vehicles and electric only vehicles. How on Earth would these ever work for us? You can't go cross country in an electric vehicle in a pra...
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valhalla360 wrote:JaxDad wrote:
Aggressively? Now there's a wildly erroneous assumption.
First, it's not a commuter, I never said it was.
Secondly, there's a little thing called physics.
My ride has a 6.3 liter V8, her Honda has a 1.5 liter 4 cylinder.
But if you care about silly things like facts, my SUV actually gets far superior mileage to her Honda if you look at fuel consumption based on engine displacement.
My engine is 4.2 times the size of her's yet only uses 3.2 times the amount of fuel, so it's nearly 1/3 MORE fuel efficient in that aspect.
Per Passenger Mile, you choose a wildly inefficient mode of transport...that's your choice...you pay for your choice.
By your logic, if you yank a giant 3 ton 1000hp diesel out of a yacht and mate it to your SUV, its' even more efficient relative to displacement...but that's irrelevant. It's the job that gets done that counts.
Except, just like with my motorhomes a Prius can’t cant do “the job” I have the SUV for, it hauls my (6,000 pound) boat, jet skis, ATV’s, horses and tractors.
In fact, it gets FAR better mileage than the pickup I used to use for that task.
For efficient commuting I have my Tesla.
But if passenger mile is the yard stick by which the fees should be paid I’d be very happy getting the payments equalized.
