Talk:Well-to-wheels

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Should we present some of the economic trends that may influence energy consumption in vehicles as well? For instance, the most promising (IMO) two EVs coming to the market in 2009 are the iMiev by Mitsubishi (~$38,000) and the Aptera by somethingoranother composites (~$27,000). Due to high battery costs manufacturers have to make these vehicles incredibly efficient compared to the average vehicle powered by liquid fuels in order to see "decent" range, so the Aptera uses something like ~100Wh/mile at the pack in order to carry one or two people, and the iMiev somewhere around 200-250Wh/mile to carry 1-4 people. Even the Tesla Roadster, a ~$100k+ electric sports car only needs ~250Wh/mile to get around. It just seems that high battery costs have to result in more efficient vehicles unless people suddenly come up w/ twice what they've been paying for typical vehicles. It seems that because of the reduction in size/increase in efficiency needed to provide for "acceptable" range, they require as much as or less than half of what hybrids today require. Not that I'm an EV fanboy or anything. ;) --Roflwaffle 07:24, 5 August 2008 (EDT)