So the calculation is based on 0.840 kWh per day per car for an hour driving.
When driving 100 km/h for an hour, a reasonably efficient car will use 5 liters of petrol. The energy in 5 liters is about 5 * 34 = 170 MJ. Hence, 47 kWh.
So yes, it’s a lot of energy used by the computations, but still less than the actual force required to move the car forward.
When driving 100 km/h for an hour, a reasonably efficient car will use 5 liters of petrol. The energy in 5 liters is about 5 * 34 = 170 MJ. Hence, 47 kWh.
So yes, it’s a lot of energy used by the computations, but still less than the actual force required to move the car forward.
Edit: Fixed number.