Cigarette AMG Electric Drive
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Using common sense, without overcomplicating things:
A 430 hp engine at full throttle consumes about 130 liters of gasoline per hour.
An electric motor drawing 360 kW will, in one hour, consume 360 kWh of electricity.
Since a 430 hp gasoline engine is roughly equivalent in power to a 360 kW electric motor, it’s clear that comparing 130 liters of fuel to a 360 kWh battery is entirely reasonable.
There’s no need to calculate thermal efficiency or other engine losses here, because all the necessary information is already in the basic data.
A gasoline engine is actually even more efficient in practice, because such a setup has a lower overall mass.
A 430 hp engine at full throttle consumes about 130 liters of gasoline per hour.
An electric motor drawing 360 kW will, in one hour, consume 360 kWh of electricity.
Since a 430 hp gasoline engine is roughly equivalent in power to a 360 kW electric motor, it’s clear that comparing 130 liters of fuel to a 360 kWh battery is entirely reasonable.
There’s no need to calculate thermal efficiency or other engine losses here, because all the necessary information is already in the basic data.
A gasoline engine is actually even more efficient in practice, because such a setup has a lower overall mass.
Last edited by plavutka; 03-29-2026 at 09:54 AM.



