I was crunching numbers and trying to figure out how much distance you would get from 20 minutes of cycling charging a Prius if a Prius was to run on battery power alone. From a fit person, they would generate approximately 275 watts of power if a stationary bike was connected to a generator charging up a battery for 20 minutes. That translates to 0.09075 kWh. A Prius requires 5kWH to go 30 miles which translates to 166.7 watt hour per mile. A person would have to pedal 121 minutes to go one mile. 5,280 feet in a mile, so every minute of pedaling can take you 43 feet. So 20 minutes of pedaling will get you 860 feet in a Prius. Or in terms of mileage, 0.16 miles. Cool huh? If my math is wrong, let me know.
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