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Re: Xebra PK watt*hours per mile inquiry

Murray Foster — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:28:45 GMT

Until Casper (my Xebra PK) got grounded for my lack of a motorcycle license I generated the following numbers. Date KWH Miles KWH/Mile Miles/KWH. 7/1/2008

Regenerative braking mod question?

Bela Pecsi — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:09:47 GMT

Has anyone else done a Regen on a Zap or any up-date of this older thread? How efficient is that percentage wise to exend the range in the city? Kindly, Bela

Re: Xebra PK watt*hours per mile inquiry

nt2w — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:47:08 GMT

For full disclosure--- my Watt-hours measured at the 120V source to the charger using digital kWh meter (not Kill-a-Watt, but it's grand-daddy ca. 1992, the

Re: Dash Melted

cschwanke@... — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:45:39 GMT

I was going to use the heat gun but was by myself that day so I just clamped it to the curved surface of the barrel that I was cutting my reinforcement from

Re: Dash Melted

mg.hoyt@... — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:07:54 GMT

But then you'd still be paying for gas and oil and polluting the air every time you turned the key. M

Re: Dash Melted

Dennis Williams — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:03:19 GMT

And to think..... We could have got a Toyota Yaris for just a few dollars more, or a Chevy Aveo with air condition for a few dollars less. Or a Huyndia Accent

Re: Xebra PK watt*hours per mile inquiry

dgpretzel — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:23:26 GMT

Also, these figures are actual from-the-wall usage (Kill-a-Watt meter) measurements. ... worst ... measured ... share.

Re: Xebra PK watt*hours per mile inquiry

dgpretzel — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:19:49 GMT

OOPS. Sorry. My figures for SD. DG ... KwH.) ... on

Re: Dash Melted

Benjamin Burnham — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:15:57 GMT

Did you use a heat gun to bend it back? ... From: "csx4aution" Sent: 7/24/2008 3:08 PM To: "Xebra_EV@yahoogroups.com"

Re: Dash Melted

csx4aution — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:08:50 GMT

Our 08 dash cowl melted after the first day in the sun. I've removed it and re-heated & reformed it. It now has a steel reinforcement on the underside to

Re: Xebra PK watt*hours per mile inquiry

LarryKinder@... — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:30:59 GMT

I get about 250 to 333 wh/mile...measured before the charger with a kill a watt meter. ... From: "Mark Freidberg" Subj: [Xebra_EV]

Re: Xebra PK watt*hours per mile inquiry

fred_dot_u — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:04:07 GMT

Oh, yeah, the numbers I provided are consumption at the battery, not consumption at the charger. If consumption is the right word...

Re: Xebra PK watt*hours per mile inquiry

fred_dot_u — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:03:09 GMT

We had a DrainBrain that was not properly calibrated by the operator (me) until a half year ago or so. Now that it is, we are seeing wh/mi in the 130-150

Re: Xebra PK watt*hours per mile inquiry

nt2w — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:57:55 GMT

I know you asked about PK's but if it's useful, I did a study on my SD for the month of May 2008. Average Wh per (real) mile was 234, with a high of 311 and a

Re: Xebra PK watt*hours per mile inquiry

dgpretzel — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:41:40 GMT

I usually get 280 - 330. I frequently cite 330, since it is worst case, and I can be confident that results are at that level. Also, it's a nice, easily