What am I missing here? I don't understand why the responses to this post are talking about how much energy a Tesla takes.
The article was talking about the GM car with the cringeworthy name, BOLT, not a Tesla. That's what I was responding to. They're not at all comparable. The Bolt is (will be?) a much lighter car than the Tesla. The Tesla S weighs over 4600 lb. That's more than a Ford F150 4x4 pickup. You'd expect it to be a class A amphog. But not the Bolt. The rumor mill suggests that it'll probably be about the same weight as a Leaf. I'd expect it to be a bit more, just because it's made by GM, but not so much that it would use 3 times the energy that the not dramatically optimized Leaf does. Maybe there were mitigating factors in this case, but my first impression is - that's just gross. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
