WSJ: For Maximum EV Efficiency, Stick to 25 Miles an Hour, Ignore Angry Drivers

[cmonster]

There you go folks! You all are driving too fast!

https://www.wsj.com/articles/ev-electric-car-battery-charge-hypermiler-11642517385

"The Ford Mustang Mach-E electric car can hit 60 miles an hour from a standstill in 3.5 seconds. Fergal McGrath prefers to keep the needle stuck at a grandfatherly 40 mph. He’s after a different kind of bragging rights.

Mr. McGrath is a hypermiler, someone who tries to coax as much mileage as possible from their fuel, whether gas or electric. The practice requires driving at a plodding pace to conserve energy, around 40 to 50 mph on a gas-powered vehicle. The efficiency sweet spot on an electric car can be agonizingly slow—sometimes below 30 mph."

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[snowy_91]

With most cars 40 mph is the sweet spot before wind resistance becomes an issue.

 

[voxel]

I can't even drive 25mph outside my HOA. Everybody is going 40mph in a 30-35mph small road!

 

[bristol16]

Make sure you stay in the left hand lane the whole time too!

 

[phidauex]

I don’t like articles like this, they continue to push the idea that EVs are finicky and that you have to drive them like an idiot just to make them work. I know the article itself is about hypermiling, which is a hobby for a few people, but the clickbait title is all most will see.

All cars are most efficient at around that speed. You are just looking for the crossover point when aerodynamic losses begin to exceed constant losses. That speed varies depending on the engine type and aerodynamics of the car but will tend to land in that 20-40mph zone.

 

[Avelli]

He'll be able to get infinity miles per hour when he has to walk everywhere once the impending rear-end collision happens.

 

[BadgerGreg]

I don’t like articles like this, they continue to push the idea that EVs are finicky and that you have to drive them like an idiot just to make them work.

Just don't read the "Comments" section of any WSJ article related to EVs. The responses will make your blood boil. I got sucked in once or twice, and the anti-EV trolls are out in force.

 

[tannerk89]

Just don't read the "Comments" section of any WSJ article related to EVs. The responses will make your blood boil. I got sucked in once or twice, and the anti-EV trolls are out in force.

Very true. I end up writing drafts and deleting them before I click post… it’s just not worth it, but super hard to resist getting sucked in.

 

[Logal727]

Remember all the Hypermiler stories when hybrids came out, looks like we've come full circle.

 

[Rapid Ed]

From the same company that gives us Fox News. What a surprise.

 

[Motomax]

Remember all the Hypermiler stories when hybrids came out, looks like we've come full circle.

It’s the Prius all over again, except 100X worse. I can see some “hypermiler” doing 30 on the freeway ?

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