—92 kilowatt-hours is the energy equivalent of 2.6 gallons of gasoline —
Which would mean they are claiming it can go 372 miles on the equivalent of 2.6 gallons of gas. That’s 143 MPG.
Something doesn’t wash here.
It looks nice though.
Don’t forget that a gasoline engine is terribly inefficient. Combustion produces heat, not motion. You have to convert that heat into motion, which is not very favorable.
That’s 92 kwh “in the batteries”. When you take into account the energy transmission and conversion losses: chemical(coal) to heat(boiler) to mechanical (turbine) to electrical (generator) then transmit to chemical (car battery) you will find an energy efficiency worse then a similiar sized gasoline auto. In other words, I would like to see the electric vehicle owner’s eyes when he gets his first electric bill. Another way to look at it is to compare gas clothes dryers vs electric clothes dryers: A gas dryer will cost you about half, per month, when compared to an electric dryer. By the way, 92 kwh in California will cost about $.30/kwh not $.05/kwh as advertised in their ads. Also, I do not believe the 4 mi/kwh claim (380 mi for 92 kwh). It should be like 1 mi/kwh.