VeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoEnergy efficiency of active travel (walking, cycling, ebike) compared to an electric carslrpnk.netimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1251arrow-down126file-textcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1225arrow-down1imageEnergy efficiency of active travel (walking, cycling, ebike) compared to an electric carslrpnk.netVeganPizza69 Ⓥ@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoNot really. The F150 Lightning’s efficiency is ~270Wh/km city which means a small EV is only a 50% improvement vs 95% for ebike. Also, this graph is helpful given our current situation. Maybe once we’re mostly at the 95% better than an F150 Lightning solution (e-bikes), it might be worth being concerned with energy efficiency, but we’re not there.
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·9 months agoSo 0Wh/km as they don’t run on electricity? 🤷♂️
minus-squareBye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 months agoOne watt is just a joule per second. You can absolutely compute that for gas vehicles, the same way electric vehicles have mpg equivalent
minus-squareInternationalKnee69@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoBy that logic walking and regular bikes would also be 0Wh/km. But Wh isn’t a unit of electricity
minus-squaren2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoAFAIK, our muscles work by electricity. Soooo…
Not really. The F150 Lightning’s efficiency is ~270Wh/km city which means a small EV is only a 50% improvement vs 95% for ebike.
Also, this graph is helpful given our current situation. Maybe once we’re mostly at the 95% better than an F150 Lightning solution (e-bikes), it might be worth being concerned with energy efficiency, but we’re not there.
I meant a regular pickup truck
So 0Wh/km as they don’t run on electricity? 🤷♂️
One watt is just a joule per second. You can absolutely compute that for gas vehicles, the same way electric vehicles have mpg equivalent
By that logic walking and regular bikes would also be 0Wh/km. But Wh isn’t a unit of electricity
AFAIK, our muscles work by electricity. Soooo…