At 103 miles/kWh (or 0.6 kWh/100 km), the brand new “muc22” automotive constructed by college students from the Technical College of Munich “is 25 instances extra environment friendly than any EV on sale…” writes Ars Technica. “For many who assume by way of miles per gallon, it is the equal of touring 3,815 miles on a single gallon of gasoline.
The automotive has a high velocity of simply 26 mph (42 km/h) — and with out a driver it weighs simply 374 lbs (170 kg):
In a six-day take a look at at Munich airport, it set a brand new distance document on a single cost (for a non-solar EV): 1,599 miles (2,574 km), with much less battery capability than many plug-in hybrids — simply 15.5 kWh…
The airflow-optimized form has faired-in rear wheels and a drag coefficient of simply 0.159; extra importantly, although, it has a reasonably tiny frontal space (it is solely 39.4 inches/1,000 mm tall and 47.2 inches/1,200 mm extensive)… [F]or this document run, muc22 made do with simply 400 W — that is 268 instances much less {powerful} than the least-powerful EV on sale in the present day, the Mazda MX-30… The document run happened in an empty hangar at Munich Airport, obviating any interference from the climate. The earlier document stood at 999 miles (1,609 km), however the crew of seven drivers reached that distance after simply 4 days, and for the reason that battery wasn’t empty but, the automotive saved going.
Because of Slashdot reader FrankOVD for sharing the article.
