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Batteries in electric vehicles have more mileage in city driving rather than highway driving (techxplore.com)

submitted 1 year ago by withersailor@aussie.zone to c/technology

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[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

I'm guessing this is mostly because ICE vehicles waste more energy in town (due to braking loss, and engine inefficiency), than a problem with BEVs.

BEVs claw back the losses in town, meaning that only the simplest inefficiencies are left (v=ir^2^/2 with the wind and tyre resistance, and maybe a little bit of hot components reducing efficiency).

Those same highway inefficiencies are masked in ICE vehicles, as the efficiency is much lower during urban driving to begin with.