> The power you buy in a few gallons of diesel fuel is simply staggering.
1 Liter per second ~= 38.6 megawatts, for diesel.
I’ve never bothered paying attention to the flow rate in a fuel station, but it’s really fortunate that electric cars are fundamentally more efficient than combustion engines.
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Light passenger vehicle pump up to about 50 litres (13 US gallons) per minute (the United States limits this to 10 US gallons (38 litres) per minute); pumps serving trucks and other large vehicles have a higher flow rate, up to 130 litres (34 US gallons) per minute in the UK. and 40 US gallons (150 litres) in the US.
So roughly 80 megawatts coming out of that diesel nozzle. Most impressive!
Assuming 1/3 efficiency (because ICE) a gasoline pump (34ga/min) has a power output of a little over 8000hp or 6mw which comes out to around 4000amps assuming normal 480v 3ph.
1 Liter per second ~= 38.6 megawatts, for diesel.
I’ve never bothered paying attention to the flow rate in a fuel station, but it’s really fortunate that electric cars are fundamentally more efficient than combustion engines.