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John Rumm wrote:
Dribble do sums? He thinks a battery car 100% efficient. Bit like his
brain...

In actual fact a battery car with regeneration added in is sort of
about 100% compared to a fuel car without which is probably in the
25%-35% range.

He's a bit out, but not by much.

Even with regen, you are going to lose heat from the motor, and each
time you convert to and from chemical energy for battery storage (there
is where a capacitor for collecting regen would be better).

However its worth mentioning that most cars peak braking power tends to
exceed their motive power by several times. Hence the motors won't have
the power to capture all the regen energy on heavy braking, and you will
need to rely on the normal brakes thus wasting that energy.

This of course glosses over the big picture stuff such as the
inefficiency of the power station and the national grid in getting power
to your charger in the first place.

Also remember that for much of the year in the UK a car will need cabin
heating. This comes for 'free' on an IC engined car - but not on an
electric one.

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