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   Bastian Allgeier (bastianallgeier@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 05:37:15 JST Bastian Allgeier

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs With current advancements in battery tech, this is only a matter of time and my point already counts very much for cars. Especially if you consider an efficiency of more than 90% for an electric motor.

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     Bastian Allgeier (bastianallgeier@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 04:01:27 JST Bastian Allgeier

     I’m always amazed by how poor the efficiency of fossile energy really is.

     - A coal plant has an efficiency of around 40%
     - A gas plant can get up to around 60%
     - A combustion engine car can only translate up to around 25% into motion

     Most of the rest is wasted as heat.

     Getting rid of fossile fuels by electrifying transport and switching to renewables automatically leads to huge energy savings.

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     Eric Eggert (yatil@yatil.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 05:37:15 JST Eric Eggert

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     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @bastianallgeier @thomasfuchs The local brewery had an exhibition of their E-Truck and after 3 hours of driving, the range was still at the maximum due to recuperation. (To be fair, I assume that the truck was not fully loaded for the exhibition, but at least for short-haul it seems to be a decent enough option w/ DC fast charging at night.)

     https://www.ak-kurier.de/akkurier/www/artikel/129386-hachenburger-e-truck-ueberzeugt-testfahrer-auf-anhieb