Comments on: 2013 Honda Fit EV Lands New EPA Fuel-Efficiency Record (118 MPGe)

By: Zipcar will start carsharing Honda Fit EVs in San Francisco

Zipcar will start carsharing Honda Fit EVs in San Francisco — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:55:31 +0000

[…] and the car will be rented for $8 per hour. It can travel 82 miles on a single charge and offers a fuel efficiency of 118 MPGe (Miles Per Gallon equivalent). 2013 Honda Fit […]

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:05:00 +0000

just built off of this to write a fun post on price of fuel for various automobile options.

thanks!

By: Fuel Costs of a Honda Fit EV: $0.02 -$0.04 per Mile? - CleanTechnica

Fuel Costs of a Honda Fit EV: $0.02 -$0.04 per Mile? - CleanTechnica — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:03:57 +0000

[…] on the fuel efficiency info just released for the Honda Fit EV, the new leader in the EPA’s fuel efficiency ratings, one of our readers did some quick […]

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 22:13:00 +0000

i’m not seeing it rated by the EPA.

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymodel/bymakemodelNF.shtml

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/evnews.shtml

only see it on this page and it doesn’t have any info, just a link to the Tesla site and a video: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/evtech.shtml

not sure why the EPA wouldn’t have rated it?

By: Scott Groves

Scott Groves — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:23:00 +0000

Did someone forget to include the Tesla Roadster? In the city circuit it got 124 mpge using a 30 kWh system.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 03:12:00 +0000

Do you know if the EPA kWh/100 miles number includes power lost while charging?

If not, then add in another 10%?

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Miles per kW:

Honda FT – 4.07
Mitsubishi – 3.73
Ford Focus – 3.28
Nissan Leaf – 2.91

Need to temper those numbers with vehicle weight/interior volume. But if they are roughly the same then Honda has come to market with a much better EV than Nissan’s Leaf.

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kWh per mile for the Honda = 0.29. At $0.08/kWh that’s just slightly over 2 cents per mile.

To drive as cheaply with a 50mpg gasmobile you’d have to have access to $1.16/gallon fuel.

Get the price of batteries down and we’ll see a major shift in how we power personal transportation.