Lifespan of Electric Cars

The lifespan of electric cars is matching or exceeding that of the internal combustion engine cars (normal gas cars). Four out of five (4/5) of the cars tested lasted 130,000-150,000 miles while all of them passed 100,000 miles (electric cars). This sounds great; getting a vehicle that runs on electricity rather than gas, especially after the high gas prices, that will last as long as or longer than gas cars, and costs somewhere near the same as gas cars. Sounds like a great deal to me.

Speed vs. Fuel Efficiency

Most cars demonstrate their best fuel economy between 25 mph through 55 mph, and most have better fuel economy at 65 mph rather than 45 mph. At 65 mph, the wind resistance becomes great enough so the fuel efficiency goes down in a car. Slowing from 70 mph to 55 mph may give 25% more mpg.

Dollar per Mile, Gas Cars vs. Electric Cars

The average dollars/gallon for gas cars is around $0.09/mile in the United States. I am pretty sure this is right, not completely but mostly, the cost for electric cars is about $0.03/mile. If you need to be completely certain, than you may search for it yourself, or take a chance and estimate with my numbers.

Air Conditioning

You may not think so, but running the a/c or heat while you're driving will reduce your fuel economy. This might not sound bad, but it actually is bad (I got confused, thinking it was fuel used). Using the a/c or other electrical things on the highest setting will decrease your fuel economy by 5%-25%.

Kawasaki Multi Fuel Motorbike M1030M1

This bike (I would retype the name but it is extremely long and hard to type) gets about 96 MPG. This seems extremely high. By the looks of it, it seems to be a military bike. It's nice to think the military is thinking of the environment while they shoot others.

Idea of Fuel Efficient Car and Solar Cars

I had a great idea for a fuel efficient car and to help lower obesity...we could add pedals to all cars and people could use them and recharge the cars. That way the people would lose weight and the cars would get more energy. Just an idea. But just in case this isn't a legitimate blog...Solar cars depend on PV cells to convert sunlight into electricity. In fact, 51% of sunlight actually enters the Earth's atmosphere. Unlike solar thermal energy which converts solar energy to heat for either household purposes, industrial purposes or to be converted to electricity, PV cells directly convert sunlight into electricity. When sunlight (photons) strike PV cells, they excite electrons and allow them to flow, creating an electrical current. PV cells are made of semiconductor materials such as silicon and alloys of indium, gallium and nitrogen. Silicon is the most common material used and has an efficiency rate of 15-20%.

Electric Motorcycles

Some motorcycles, called the Zero Motorcycles, are electric. They use less than 1/8 of the CO2 pollution per mile than gas powered motorcycles. They also produce 1/100 of the smog causing nitrous oxides.