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Originally Posted by particlewave
Turbo diesel efficient? Compared to what, exactly? Not electric, that's for sure...
20-40% max efficiency is the lack thereof.
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Electric.
Just make sure you factor in the initial costs.
If electric is so cheap, easy to use, convenient, provides good driving range, etc, etc, I think we would see a lot more commercial vehicles using them instead of a handful of tree huggers.
Heck, I had a jetta tdi that I would see 50mpg if I kept it at 60 mph on a flat highway. A tank of fuel would provide close to 500 miles of travel. The car cost less than 24k brand new. That's pretty cheap operating costs if you ask me.
And btw....you can get abt 300k miles out of a well maintained TD, with those electric cars, what do you think the replacement costs of the batteries is once they give out in significantly less miles?
Electric just isn't there yet. Right now its nothing more than a "feel good" choice that is politically charged. Ha, again, no pun intended!