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karlboll
· 2 years ago
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Fun fact; It's more energy efficient to charge an EV from a diesel or petrol generator than to drive an internal combustion engine.
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jasonmon
· 2 years ago
Really? In what way?
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· 2 years ago
For the same reason regular hybrids (think Prius, etc.) have higher mpgs. An electric motor is more efficient than a gas/diesel engine plus due to scale the larger generator would be more efficient than a smaller engine in a car.
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karlboll
· 2 years ago
@thinny1234 is right. In addition the combustion engine in the generator can run at near top efficiency the whole time unlike the engine in a car.
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