Hybrid electric generator Ford F-150 and charging Tesla Model 3 with it. It works stably, consumption is 7,8 l / 100 km.

An interesting find by Piotr Pawlak, president of the Polish branch of Ford. On the EV Pulse channel, he found measurements of the combustion of a power generator installed in a Ford F-150 Hybrid. It was used to charge a Tesla Model 3 using 11,9 liters of gasoline to add 19,7 kWh of power. What does it mean?

That the consumption of Tesla Model 3 with this generator is 7,8-9,6 l / 100 km.

According to Fueleconomy.gov, the Tesla Model 3 (2020) Long Range average power consumption in mixed mode is 16,16 kWh/100 km. Thus, after adding 19,7 kWh of energy, we can drive 122 km, which corresponds to 9,6 liters per 100 km in the generator. However, the TeslaFi portal is based on Tesla owner driving, etc. real data - he calculated that as much as 150 kilometers of range were added. This translates as Tesla Model 3 "Fuel Consumption" 7,84 l / 100 km (a source).

The Tesla Model 3 is a D-segment vehicle with a specification between the Audi S4 and Audi RS4. According to Fueleconomy.gov, the consumption of the Audi A4 Quattro with a turbocharged petrol engine is 8,4 l / 100 km, the consumption of the Audi S4 Quattro is 10,1 l / 100 km. The Audi RS3 consumes the same amount of gasoline (RS4 for the year (2020) is not available):

The Ford F-150 generator was running stably at 1 rpm, the power reserve is increased at a speed of +48,3 km / h.... Although the efficiency of internal combustion engines increases at low revs, it is worth remembering that they achieve efficiency of up to 40 percent. In other words: the generator burned 7,8 liters to restore Tesla to 100 kilometers of range, but as much as 4,7 liters of fuel was used to warm the universe.

Or Tesla Model 3's efficient "burn-in" - the amount of energy from gasoline that actually goes to the battery - is just 3,1 l/100 km.... And we have not yet accounted for the loss of charge (alternator -> battery) and torque generation (battery -> motors). From the point of view of an electric car buyer, this is a curiosity, but for fans of cars with an internal combustion engine, it shows how much energy is wasted when burning gasoline to drive the wheels.

Worth Reading: For Science: Fuel consumption of the 7.2 kW Pro Power onboard generator in the 2021 Ford F-150 hybrid

Opening photo: Tesla Model 3 powered by Ford F-150 Hybrid (c) Chad Kirchner / EV Pulse power generator

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