Milage vs ??

[Square Wheels]

So, if I am comparing my car to another normal American driving a gas guzzling car I might say I get 25 miles to the gallon.  I refer to it as milage.

What do Canadians say?  kilometers per liter?  Is that kilometrage?

What do electric car drivers say?

[Razors Edge ★]

1 minute ago, Square Wheels said:

So, if I am comparing my car to another normal American driving a gas guzzling car I might say I get 25 miles to the gallon.  I refer to it as milage.

What do Canadians say?  kilometers per liter?  Is that kilometrage?

What do electric car drivers say?

I go with mileage, but, yeah, the CAnucks must have some weird saying!  MPGe might be the electric metric, but those calculated numbers are BS.  I'd be more interested in "miles per charge (on average)" and "time to full and/or 90% range" values for electric vehicles.  What are you seeing on the Tesla?

[eyebike]

4 minutes ago, Square Wheels said:

So, if I am comparing my car to another normal American driving a gas guzzling car I might say I get 25 miles to the gallon.  I refer to it as milage.

What do Canadians say?  kilometers per liter?  Is that kilometrage?

What do electric car drivers say?

I bet electric car drivers don't care as long as they make it to the the charging station 

[Square Wheels]

2 minutes ago, eyebike said:

I bet electric car drivers don't care as long as they make it to the the charging station 

[eyebike]

Just now, Square Wheels said:

exactly. I'd probably carry a spare battery worth 20-30 miles If there is such a thing

[Square Wheels]

1 minute ago, eyebike said:

exactly. I'd probably carry a spare battery worth 20-30 miles If there is such a thing

My wife has a Tesla.  It's pretty cool.  if you use the navigation it will tell you if you can make it on the battery capacity, or route you to a Tesla charge if needed.

[Zephyr]

12 minutes ago, Square Wheels said:

What do Canadians say? 

We still refer to it as gas mileage.  Although it is measured as Litres per 100km

[Razors Edge ★]

6 minutes ago, eyebike said:

exactly. I'd probably carry a spare battery worth 20-30 miles If there is such a thing

Doubtful.  It really isn't about making it to a charging station anymore in most developed areas, but rather about having the time to sit around recharging.  Nowadays, folks are go go go and double or triple booked, so sitting for even 10 minutes just topping off would be tough for them.  Most electric car folks are likely juicing up overnight and possibly at a store while shopping or at work, so they should rarely if ever be hitting a need for a top up.  It is the longer trips that stymie them the most and require real planning, but as a daily driver, a spare battery would rarely, if ever, be needed.

[UglyBob]

15 minutes ago, Square Wheels said:

What do electric car drivers say?

Can you fire up your generator and give me some juice?

[Square Wheels]

3 minutes ago, Zephyr said:

We still refer to it as gas mileage.  Although it is measured as Litres per 100km

This sticker has translations for normal people.

[Further]

Miles per amp hour 

[maddmaxx ★]

15 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

Doubtful.  It really isn't about making it to a charging station anymore in most developed areas, but rather about having the time to sit around recharging.  Nowadays, folks are go go go and double or triple booked, so sitting for even 10 minutes just topping off would be tough for them.  Most electric car folks are likely juicing up overnight and possibly at a store while shopping or at work, so they should rarely if ever be hitting a need for a top up.  It is the longer trips that stymie them the most and require real planning, but as a daily driver, a spare battery would rarely, if ever, be needed.

Triple booked.    Way to shorten a miserable life.

[Razors Edge ★]

13 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

Triple booked.    Way to shorten a miserable life.

Yep - hard working folks chasing the American dream so they can buy that nice car   Life is good, eh? 

[maddmaxx ★]

Just now, Razors Edge said:

Yep - hard working folks chasing the American dream so they can buy that nice car   Life is good, eh? 

Ethyl.....is that a new car in the Johnson's driveway.  Ours is almost 3 years old.

[Razors Edge ★]

12 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

Ethyl.....is that a new car in the Johnson's driveway.  Ours is almost 3 years old.

If you lease a car, you can always have one only a few years old!  B-O-O-M! 

[maddmaxx ★]

Lease 3, even better.

[Razors Edge ★]

Just now, maddmaxx said:

Lease 3, even better.

Yeah - a car, a truck, and an SUV really fills out the quiver.  Stagger them properly, and you have new car smells always.

[JerrySTL ★]

53 minutes ago, Zephyr said:

We still refer to it as gas mileage.  Although it is measured as Litres per 100km

Same as in the UK.

[ChrisL]

I really am not following the e car tech but are e car makers using solar panels on car roofs or maybe small turbines where a radiator would go to generate electricity or is it plug in recharge only?

 

[Razors Edge ★]

13 minutes ago, ChrisL said:

I really am not following the e car tech but are e car makers using solar panels on car roofs or maybe small turbines where a radiator would go to generate electricity or is it plug in recharge only?

 

Plug in only.  Chevy Volts had the smaller motor that charged the battery on the fly. Obviously, you have random folks who make mods like solar panel, but those are not remotely feasible for generating "on the go" power to charge batteries.  Neat tech in the city bus world has bus lanes that can charge a bus while in the lane - sitting and maybe moving too?  But that infrastructure is not happening for cars anytime soon.

[2Far ★]

In SA they measured "mileage" in Litres/100km. Lower # was better.

What do electric car drivers say? "Nyah, Nyah, Nyah", but you can't hear them.