• Tiger Jerusalem@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    One thing that I always thought as crazy was the amount of electric and electronic shit these modern EVs have. Bitch, weren’t you supposed to save battery for driving? Why are you putting a light show when I’m supposed to be focused on the road?

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      11 months ago

      Eh, something like that probably draws about half a kilowatt, and it would be hard to shed all of that functionality (I think the Mitsubishi i-Miev might, but also reverse cameras are a requirement in cars now so you can’t get rid of the screen)

      For comparison, my car has about a 65kwh battery. I probably use maybe 20kilowatts when driving, but there are lots of variables there. If my half-kilowatt estimate is reasonably accurate, you can run it alone for about 130 hours.