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.

Motorcycles

Who would have guessed motorcycles get 35-40 MPG? This is what the average mid-size motorcycle in the United States gets. I'm not sure if this is completely credible, but it sounds quite fuel efficient, so I am putting it on my blog just because. Compared to the average passenger car, this is close to 1.5-2 times as much. The website states the average passenger car gets about 21.51 MPG, way lower than the motorcycle. This doesn't sound right to me, but I'm not one to argue.

CAFE

CAFE stands for Corporate Average Fuel Economy;their standards for average fuel economy in 2010 is: Passenger cars: 27.5 MPG; light trucks, combined: 23.5 MPG; 2011: Passenger cars: 30.2 MPG; light trucks, combined: 24.1 MPG.

Toyota Prius

The Toyota Prius has a starting price of under $23,000, according to the Toyota website. This is a great price, considering this car gets 51 MPG in the city and 48 MPG on the highway. If you're thinking of buying a new car, but don't have a big budget to work with, then maybe consider getting a small loan if you need to to buy this car, because with that much gas MPG, it will pay you back in the long run.

Electric Cars

Electric cars may seem extremely fuel efficient, but the way we create that electricity isn't completely clean. 49.7% of electricity is made from burning coal. However, electric cars are still much more fuel efficient than gas powered cars. Hopefully electric power will be made much more clean, with an amount of coal being used down to 25% or less.

Estimated Average MPG United States

The average United States MPG was about 17.1; the most fuel efficient small truck in 2009 was the Ford Ranger 2WD getting 21MPG in the city and 26MPG on the highway. This is little over the average MPG for the United States, making trucks generally less fuel efficient. This is very obvious, but it's the truth.

New Smart Cars

Mercedes Benz is coming out with or has already come out with the 2010 Fortwo smart car. I am not sure whether it is out yet or not because I mostly just skimmed the information from the links, not went to them. I don't want to get a virus from a site. Sorry I got off topic there. This car gets either 36 or 41 MPG. Again, sorry for being vague; this is for the same reason.