2 seasons (7 months) car idling fuel consumption - 15 min/wk

* Average Fuel Consumption at Idle:
half gallon per hour
2 Liters per Hour
1 Liter per 30 minutes


Car info:
4 cylinder
2 liter engine
automatic transmission
20 miles per gallon fuel economy
32 km per gallon fuel economy
7 km per liter fuel economy


Average speed:
80 km/hr highway speed
50 km/hr city speed
65 km/hr average speed


Full Tank fuel consumption analysis:
50 Liter (13 Gallons) fuel tank capacity (full tank)
500 km driving range at full tank fuel
7 hours drive at 65 km/h to empty a full tank fuel
7 km per liter fuel consumption


Average Fuel Consumption per Hour of Driving:
50 km per hour
-------------------- = 7 Liters per Hour
7 km per Liter


Fuel Cost per Hour:
7 Liters per hour x $1.30 per Liter = $10 per hour


Total Driving Time per Full Tank Fuel:
7 hours drive to empty a full tank fuel = 420 minutes


How long until my fuel tank goes empty at 7 months idle:
not driving my car for 7 months (winter and spring season)
30 weeks in 2 seasons (7 months)

420 minutes
----------------- = 15 minutes idle per week
30 weeks


Fuel Consumption at 15 minutes driving:
7 liters per hour
---------------------------------- = 1.75 liters per 15 minutes
4 fifteen minutes per hour


Conservative Fuel Consumption at 7 months idle (15 minutes per week -> 1 hour per month):
1.75 liters x 4 per month x 7 months = 50 Liters (full tank)


* Average "Actual" Fuel Consumption at 7 months idle (15 minutes per week -> 1 hour per month):
Using the data:
1 Liter fuel per 30 minutes idle
0.5 Liter fuel per 15 minutes idle

0.5 liter x 4 per month x 7 months = 15 liters (1/3 fuel tank)

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MOTOR: 3KW - 4KW
Max speed (km/h): 50 km/hr
Range, Running distance: 100-180 km per charge
BATTERY: 60V 100AH; 48V 150AH; 48V 200AH; 72V 150AH
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Steering: Left
Drive: FWD
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Total number of electric cars in the world

Electric Vehicles:
- Today (2014), the total number of electric vehicles in the world is 5% of all global vehicles or 3 million units
- Electric vehicles include:
-- electric road vehicles
-- electric rail vehicles
-- electric abovewater (surface) vessels
-- electric underwater vessels
-- electric aircraft
-- electric space vehicles


Electric Cars:
- By year 2020, the total number of electric cars in the world will be 10% of all vehicles worldwide or
   6 million units

300,000 approx. highway-capable electric cars:

- Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_cars 
- Data info:
-- highway-capable electric cars
-- light utility electric vehicles
-- date of manufacture: 2008 to 2014

As of June 2014:

Nissan Leaf - 124,000
Tesla Model S - 39,163
Mitsubishi i-MiEV family - 32,000
Renault Kangoo Z.E. - 14,542
Renault Zoe - 12,631
Chery QQ3 EV - 11,528
Smart electric drive - 8,800
BMW i3 - 6,873
JAC J3 EV - 6,731
Mitsubishi Minicab MiEV - 5,662
Kandi EV - 5,329
BYD e6 - 5,059
Volkswagen e-Up! - 4,952
Renault Fluence Z.E. - 3,894
Ford Focus Electric - 3,327
Bolloré Bluecar - 3,131
Tesla Roadster - 2,500

TOTAL: 290,122