1 kWh costs around $0.071 for me. So, $0.071 x 5.1 = $0.3621 for 33.6 miles.
Local gas price this week is around $3.60,
which is a factor of 10.
This means that I did 336 mpg.
How did I do this?
1. You don't take highways. Being on highways is bad for electric motor and energy regenerating system. The system doesn't get to regenerate energy that you would normally do on stop and go traffic and highway speed requires more energy per mile to travel. I think, 1 kWh covers 3 highway miles at 60 mph.
2. You take the shortest route.
3. No air conditioner. I know.. I did this for to see what best I can do with this car. This is like a game for me - collecting weapons and golds in Diablo 3.
4. Your speed stay in between 30 to 45 mph.
5. You don't jump start or quick stop. You want to use the least energy as possible from 0 to proper speed. You want to capture the most energy during braking.
The experience is that, very astonishing mpg is possible. 336 mpg is very close to Zero Motorcycle rating mpg rating - A Good Thing... :-)
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