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Old 03-29-2026 | 09:52 AM
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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.

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Old 03-29-2026 | 10:01 AM
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Yes how ever we calculate it, but 10 gallon fuel powering a V8 would equal 100 kWh battery electric power is easy to remember and would be not so wrong.
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Old 03-29-2026 | 10:05 AM
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Plavutka are you actually German as well?
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No, but I have some business partners there, and I’m there a few times a month, mostly in Bavaria.
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