• fer0n@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    I’m not a car person, so excuse my lack of knowledge. But do electric cars have/need cooling liquid? Just wondering

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      2 years ago

      I have a hybrid Prius (not a full EV) and it actually has two separate coolant reservoirs, one for the gas engine and one for the electric motor, and they both use the same kind of coolant.

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      yes an electric motor has an efficiency of around 90%(thats what my engeneering teacher told us)(google tells me 64%) means that is the percentage of how much energy is converted to work the rest of that is emmited as heat. a good rule of thumb is everywere where you have mechanikal work you have frction and friction means heat