ELECTRIC CARS AND BATTERY STORAGE

Tomado de: www.evtv.me http://blog.evtv.me/2009/05/electric-magic-its-all-about-efficiency-2/ The problem with electric cars is that batteries are not nearly as good at storing energy as gasoline is. With 475 lbs of the very latest Lithium Ion Iron Phosphate batteries, comprising 64 cells of 3.6 fully charged volts and 90 amp hours each, I can store about 20.736 kWh of electrical energy. Worse, I can't really use all of it. I can only use about 80% of that (16.588 kWh) before I begin to damage the batteries. Worse, there are some losses in putting the electricity into the batteries. I use an advanced power factor charger that is about 95% efficient. So I have to use about 17.461 kWh of electricity from the wall to replace that 16.588 kWh of electricity. That's the discouraging equivalent of about 0.5 gallons of gasoline. Yes, the entire range of my car is based on its ability to store the usable energy in one half of a gallon of gasoline. The good news is that it uses an average of 225 wH of electricity per mile from the batteries, or 236 wH of electricity from the wall per mile. That's right I get over 4 miles per kWhr. So let's compare: Internal combustion car to be developed in 2011 = 1200 wH per mile. Electric car built by whiskey drinker in garage in 2008 = 236 wH per mile. Any way you cut it, the electric car is over five times as efficient as the internal combustion engine automobile. Cost per mile? 1 gallon = $2.00 = 27.3 mpg = 7.32 cents per mile. 1 kWh = $0.082 = 4.24 miles = 1.93 cents per mile. If you drive the national average of 40 miles per day: 1 day = $2.93 in gasoline or $0.77 for electricity 1 week = $20.51 gasoline or $5.39 for electricity 1 month = $87.90 gasoline or $23.10 for electricity And that's using a mythical gasoline car that hasn't been manufactured yet, as mandated by a government that doesn't know anything about making cars. I don't know anything about making cars either. But you can see the video of mine running.

ALL benefits from electric cars have their basis in this matter of effiiency. Electric drive plants in cars are simply more technically elegant, and MUCH more efficient than internal combustion engines, coal fired engines, wood fired engines, and all other known technologies. When I step on the accelerator of my Porsche eSpeedster, it makes a sound a bit reminiscent of the Warp Drive sound on Star Trek as the Enterprise accelerated through space. When I step on the accelerator of my Escalade, it sounds a lot like Uncle Jedd's truck in The Beverly Hillbillies. Whose show do you want to be on?

Example: With 475 lbs of the very latest Lithium Ion Iron Phosphate batteries, comprising 64 cells of 3.6 fully charged volts and 90 amp hours each, I can store about 20.736 kWh of electrical energy. Worse, I can't really use all of it. I can only use about 80% of that (16.588 kWh) before I begin to damage the batteries. Worse, there are some losses in putting the electricity into the batteries. I use an advanced power factor charger that is about 95% efficient. So I have to use about 17.461 kWh of electricity from the wall to replace that 16.588 kWh of electricity. Yes, the entire range of my car is based on its ability to store the usable energy in one half of a gallon of gasoline. The good news is that it uses an average of 225 wH of electricity per mile from the batteries.

Terms: Battery Technology: LiFePO4 Lbs/Cell: 7.42 Cells/Battery pack: 64 Battery pack AH: 5760 AH Voltage: 3.6 AH/Cell: 90 Nominal storage capacity: [(AH/Cell)*(Cells/Battery pack)] * Voltage Nominal storage capacity: 20.736 kWh Usable storage capacity: 16.5888 kWh Cost of recharge in kWh: 873 kWh Charger efficiency factor: 95% EV Power/Distance: 225 Wh per mile or 140 Wh per km

ICE engine versus Electric motor Unit wH/mile Percentage of ICE Wh Internal combustion 1200 100% Electric motor vehicle 236 19.66%

Parameter Dollar Regular gallon May 2012 Liter in U.S. May 2012 Liter in U.S. May 2012 Liter in Mexico May 2012 Liter in Mexico May 2012 Gallon in Mexico May 2012 Gallon in Mexico May 2012

Cost 13.50 4.09 1.0804 14.5863 10.84 .8338 3.1562 42.6087

Currency MXP USD USD MXP MXP USD USD MXP

Ejemplo de J. Rickard con costos actuales en Mxico Variable Costo del kwh en Mexico Watts usados en las bateras Valor 2.619 17461 45.73 225 16.58 73.72 117.95 .6203 .3877 Unidad Pesos para excedente de 1C Wh Pesos Wh kWh Millas Km Pesos Pesos por kilmetro

Costo de la carga (tanque elctrico)

Energa consumida por milla Capacidad usable Autonoma Autonoma (km) Costo por milla Costo por kilmetro