Recent content by gast42

I need it an average of 4 times a month (2 round trips). That distance comprises 90-95% of the milage I do on my car. I should check the altutide change on that trip to find the average grade... You know, I might buy one of those, but that's a minimum of 1.5 years out. I'd rather start...

500 charging cycles seems a bit much to ask of current batteries, and from my understanding I'd need 6 packs to prevent from quickly killing the batteries from deep cycling? Then again after a few searches, I'm seeing 2000-5000 charging cycles quoted on some packs? So $18k for batts. But doing...

As well and good as that might be, you forget economies of scale. What's your most precious commodity? Mine's time. Time is one of those things you're hard pressed to buy more of. Going from 30mpg to 20mpg seems trivial to saving hours off of long distances. Even those few minutes saved in short...

What's the most realistic option of building/converting a vehicle that can make a long range commute for one person and keep the total cost under $0.15 a mile? 10k miles per year 200 miles between charges 70 mph cruising speed preferred 50 mph cruising speed minimum I'm new to all this so I...