I like the vehicle information systems to track time and distance travelled,
fuel usage rate, trip distance and more — plus, it has fantastic fuel economy (7.2 L / 100 km in economy mode).
Not exact matches
It's not that it can't be done, or that it's incredibly difficult — it's just easier to eat the carbs, particularly when your aerobic engine (and your
rate of
fuel usage) can afford it.
Neither vehicle met their stated
ratings for
fuel usage in real world testing.
8A / 12A switchable Level 1 charging cable CHAdeMO DC quick charge port Battery warming system MiEV remote system (pre-activated air conditioning, heater and timer battery charging) Approaching Vehicle Audio System (AVAS) for alerting pedestrians Charging Times: 3 22 hours for 8amp 14 hours for 12 amp 7 hours with 240V / 15A Level 2 charging system Less than 30 minutes to 80 % full with CHAdeMO Level 3 DC Quick Charger Driving Modes: «D» — allows maximum performance as it generates 100 % torque in direct response to accelerator input «ECO» — helps maximize energy
usage («
fuel economy») by slightly reducing overall power output to reduce the
rate of battery consumption «B» — increases regenerative brake biasing to augment energy recycling (with 100 % of power production available)
IMPORTANT: Starting with 2015 model year vehicles, the Government of Canada has mandated new
fuel economy test methods to better approximate typical driving conditions and styles by adjusting city and highway
ratings to account for air conditioner
usage, cold temperature operation and driving at higher speeds with more rapid acceleration and braking.
The global picture remains as I depicted it: there are enough fossil
fuels to last us for 200 - 300 years at current
usage rate and when they are all 100 % gone some day in the far distant future when you and I and our great grandchildren are all long gone, the maximum ever CO2 level will be around 1,000 ppmv.
13 Fossil
Fuels: Historical Development Fossil Fuels: Historical Development Coal: ~ 1000 BC: China 18th Century: Industrial Revolution Textile manufacturing machines (spinning jenny) Steam engine Iron and steel manufacturing As industry spread, rate of energy usage increased Industry tended to build in areas where fossil fuel supplies were already in abundance Infrastructure was developed / improved for transporting fossil fuels (i.e. coal) and the products made by ind
Fuels: Historical Development Fossil
Fuels: Historical Development Coal: ~ 1000 BC: China 18th Century: Industrial Revolution Textile manufacturing machines (spinning jenny) Steam engine Iron and steel manufacturing As industry spread, rate of energy usage increased Industry tended to build in areas where fossil fuel supplies were already in abundance Infrastructure was developed / improved for transporting fossil fuels (i.e. coal) and the products made by ind
Fuels: Historical Development Coal: ~ 1000 BC: China 18th Century: Industrial Revolution Textile manufacturing machines (spinning jenny) Steam engine Iron and steel manufacturing As industry spread,
rate of energy
usage increased Industry tended to build in areas where fossil
fuel supplies were already in abundance Infrastructure was developed / improved for transporting fossil
fuels (i.e. coal) and the products made by ind
fuels (i.e. coal) and the products made by industry