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"100 MPG" Electric Hummer H3 Doesn't Actually Get 100 MPG
100 MPG Hummer H3: Volt Goes Off-Road
Detroit, 5:09 PM
Tue Dec 1
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04/20/09
Neat vehicle too - it had a motor in each wheel and could reverse one side to turn like a turret... I don't remember much else about it other than that since it was probably >5 years ago, but it made about double the regular mileage of a Hummer.
04/20/09
Seriously, like any of us thought 100mpg was plausible in a hummer.
04/20/09
Miles per joule/watt?
04/20/09
Joule/watt = joules / (joules/sec) = seconds.
Miles per joule/watt = miles/second.
Methinks if you're measuring in miles/second you're not going to be running very efficiently...unless you're running a fusion reactor at full-clip, in which case you'd be getting C joules for every kg of mass, which is quite a bit.
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04/21/09
So it would just go from 1mi to the range of a fully topped off H3, and graph the instantaneous mpg should you stop at that mileage...
whoa...
I need to stop...
04/20/09
Still no reason for anyone to buy a Hummer.
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04/20/09
Just find a hill.
Does that mean that the big Winnie should be advertised as getting 20mpg? No.
For a short period of time, going down a hill with your foot off the gas, it got 20mpg. Same with this: for a brief period of time, with your electric motor propelling you, you get 100mpg. But as soon as you start using the energy directly off the generator, you're not getting 100mpg anymore.
Should this be marketed as getting 100mpg? No.
04/20/09
O wait, my comment was pretty true. Almost as true.
What a subjective argument I've started...
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04/20/09
Sham-wow doesn't actually absorb liquid like a sponge!
Oxi-Clean doesn't get clothes whiter than white!
Mighty Putty doesn't hold an elephant to your celing!
Cash 4 gold doesn't really give you cash 4 yur gld!
Maybe we should get Billy Blanks and good'ol "hooker slapping" Vince Shlomi to advertise this.
"This is your old pal Billy and my new friend Vince here to tell you about an amaaazzzing new vehicle, the Electric Hummer H3!! You can get a hummer, slap the ho, then run her over with the Hummer. ALL while getting 100mpg! HOLY F*CK!"
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I'm going to buy a Hummer, (apparently they're inexpensive now, who knew?) let half the air out of the tires, constantly tow a trailer with the A/C on full blast and idle at all times instead of turning it off.
Why? Fuck, why do we do anything?
04/20/09
You'd still best my 11 mpg daily driver, unless your trailer is 10K lbs.
04/20/09
haha
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I'd say that's correct.
If it never kicks on the ICE, then it's just 100 mpg by whatever conversion factor they use I'm assuming.
Also, is the 33 mpg at steady state once the battery is depleted? I doubt it, and assume it is factoring in the charge. Like, if you charge it and go through one tank of gas, the total avg is 33 mpg.
04/20/09
first 100 miles: 90 mpg
first 200 miles: 80 mpg
first 300 miles: 65 mpg
first 400 miles: 45 mpg
first 500 miles: 38 mpg
first 600 miles: 36 mpg
theoretically bottoming out at 33mpg at some point. That's how it worked in my brain, considering it's a 4-pot Ecotec running the show.
04/20/09
Remember: max torque at 0 rpm.
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Having said all of that, this past Saturday, I REALLY wished I had a Hummer H3. Southeast Houston saw record rains - my area was about 9", which resulted in some pretty severe flash flooding in my neighborhood. I had to ditch my Saturn wagon about half a mile from home, in an parking lot that was on fairly high ground, and walk the rest of the way with my g/f and my perishable groceries. We ended up crossing some streams, which used to be streets, that were up to about my knees, and in a few spots had fairly swift moving currents. We finally made it back, dried off, and put away the groceries. About a half hour later I saw one of my neighbors drive by in his stock looking H3. True, I still didn't want an H3, because they're kind of crap (g/f's sister has one, it's been in the shop A LOT), but a 4x4 pickup for emergencies, or heavy hauling and towing, sure would be nice. I still wouldn't drive something like this on a daily basis, but it'd be nice to have.
04/20/09
Trucks > all.
04/20/09
Noooooooooo thank you!
04/20/09
I drive a lowered FWD econobox with all-season tires in ski country, yet somehow I see trucks in ditches more than anything else. Imagine that.
04/20/09
@zeeboid: Larger is only safer for the brain-dead dweeb behind the wheel trying to ride herd on three kids while applying makeup, checking e-mail, text messaging and eating a hamburger. I prefer to pay attention to the task at hand while driving a slightly more maneuverable vehicle.
04/13/09
BTW, didn't the Governator already do this with his Hummer?
04/13/09
Specifically... they used a VW 4cyl turbodiesel and on one prototype they had an electric motor for each wheel and on another, one electric motor for each axle.
Not only did it chop fuel consumption by 40-50% over the regular DIESEL H1, it made it more capable off road too.
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Imagine if your F-350 or your Sierra 3500 used no gas to commute, but had the power there, and the range, to still tow whatever you needed? With a Diesel, you could go in for Biofuel if you wanted, too.
Only having one vehicle would use less resources overall than having a truck and a commuter car, too.
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Why do you ask?
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