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  • Did you forget that the argument started that EVs that were charged with a diesel generator is more effective than a regular diesel vehicle?

    Based on that false claim you argued in favour of hybrids using the false pretense from the start, and that what I discredited by “put a diesel in the trunk”, because by your logic that would be more efficient than a diesel.

    You even continued to argue in favour until I did the calculation. Even then you tried to weasel your way out by claiming your motor would indirectly charge your battery, which it doesnt.

    I was never arguing that winning back lost energy with a secondary electrical system doesnt make sense. But that wasnt what you claimed. You wrongly assumed hybrids were using the motor to charge the battery, which they don’t.






  • I answered that just one sentence earlier.

    Or do you mean when you plug your car into the charging station?

    Dont tell me you charged your car for 10 years with a diesel generator because you thought it would be more efficient.

    Edit: There’s different types of Hybrids by the way. Judging by your replies, I assume you have one that only gets it power from braking energy and heat and going downhill, and doesnt have a plug.


  • The efficiency of a very good and big Diesel generator is ~50%running in its optimal state. You lose about 15%-25% from charging the battery. You already lost a minimum of 65% of energy before the car even rolled, which results in 35% of energy left.

    A modern diesel car’s efficiency is >40%.

    Hybrids are mainly so good because they win brake energy and such back by charging the battery, also because you charge it at the power plant, not a diesel generator. They don’t charge the battery with their motor.

    Trains are hybrids because there arent Power lines everywhere. They dont use the motor to charge the battery either.

    It’s more efficient than a gas powered car though, as theyre at about 25% efficiency. Not if you charge the accumulator with Gas though. Physics, I tell ya. You cant win energy by converting it more often.

    Edit: When you charge the battery from the power plant, it’s efficiency is about 65%.