It's also possible that the Bolt test drivers were a bit heavy footed to see how it would perform. That, and any car needs to have the driver 'broken in' for a while to see the numbers improve.
Tom Keenan > On Jan 7, 2016, at 1:12 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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)
