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Originally Posted by 75Sv1
I disagree. Most of that energy is lost in heat, ie exhuast gas. Also, radiator cooling. Heat is energy. Energy is not created nor destroyed, just transformed.
Electricity can be very effiecient. I think some electrical motors get 80 to 90% effiecient. You do have loses by transmitting electricity over power lines. You also loose when you transform from one voltage to another.
Tom
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You have clearly never put your hands on a 75 kW / 100 BHP electric motor, or control electronics, or any DC battery bank (of any variety) producing that sort of power....
80% overall system efficiency is a laboratory dream.