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**irrelaAnnekly** · 09-03-2009, 03:54 AM

Now, you're gonna tell me we have the battery technology to handle that and deliver the juice to effectively run an air conditioner with that type of heat? As I said above, I'll believe it when I see it. I've driven hybrids, and they're uncomfortable as hell in the middle of summer at 95F. . .let alone in the middle of a city sitting still with heat bouncing off the pavement and making the ambient temp around 120F.

Sorry, but I have no desire to end up at work with sweat stains in my crotch, down my back, and around my arm pits.

Let's take Toyota RAV4 EV for example.

It's battery holds 27.4kWh of energy. If it's AC consumes 1kW of power, it means that it can cool a car for 27 hours.
Prius' AC probably stops working after a while because it's battery capacity is MUCH lower than RAV4 EV's.

Edit: I just checked it. Prius' battery holds only 1.3kWh, that's 20 times less than pure electric Toyota RAV4 EV. No problem running RAV4 EV's AC for much longer periods of time.

09-03-2009, 03:54 AM	#98
irrelaAnnekly Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 445 Senior Member	Now, you're gonna tell me we have the battery technology to handle that and deliver the juice to effectively run an air conditioner with that type of heat? As I said above, I'll believe it when I see it. I've driven hybrids, and they're uncomfortable as hell in the middle of summer at 95F. . .let alone in the middle of a city sitting still with heat bouncing off the pavement and making the ambient temp around 120F. Sorry, but I have no desire to end up at work with sweat stains in my crotch, down my back, and around my arm pits. Let's take Toyota RAV4 EV for example. It's battery holds 27.4kWh of energy. If it's AC consumes 1kW of power, it means that it can cool a car for 27 hours. Prius' AC probably stops working after a while because it's battery capacity is MUCH lower than RAV4 EV's. Edit: I just checked it. Prius' battery holds only 1.3kWh, that's 20 times less than pure electric Toyota RAV4 EV. No problem running RAV4 EV's AC for much longer periods of time.
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