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Detail Costs per mile and kilometer.
Metric
| Power Demand |
4,000 |
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watts |
Energy Pack JPods or Cargo Pods |
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Includes air condition, heat and accessory power |
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550 |
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kg |
Payload capacity of up to 4 people or 550 kg pallet of cargo |
| Speed |
39 |
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km/hr |
Acceptable rate of non-stop urban travel |
| Time |
0.026 |
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hours/km |
Time to travel a km (1.6 minutes) |
| Consumption |
104 |
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W-hr/km |
Power demand, equals 4000 x 0.026 |
| Neutral |
15,385 |
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JPods/day |
Energy neutral traffic capacity per km of collection |
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| Collectors |
2 |
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m |
Width of collectors |
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160 |
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watts/m^2 |
Noon collection capacity |
| Time |
5 |
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hours |
Typical effective hours of noon solar collection in a day |
| Energy Available |
1,600,000 |
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W-hr/day/km |
Energy collected per km of JPods rail |
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| Capital & Interest |
$ 1,699 |
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$/day/km |
Cost to build, operate and maintain per day per km |
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$ 0.11 |
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$/JPod/km |
Capital and Interest Cost per JPod per km |
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| Energy costs |
$0.07 |
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kW-hour |
Typical cost of electricity |
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$0.008 |
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$/JPod/km |
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| Total |
$ 0.12 |
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Energy neural system cost to move loaded JPods per km |
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550 |
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Max Payload |
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$ 0.00021 |
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$/kg/km |
Cost to move a kg energy neutral a km |
Imperial
| Power Demand |
4,000 |
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watts |
Energy Pack JPods or Cargo Pods |
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Includes air condition, heat and accessory power |
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1,200 |
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lb |
Payload capacity of up to 4 people or 550 kg pallet of cargo |
| Speed |
24 |
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mph |
Acceptable rate of non-stop urban travel |
| Time |
0.042 |
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hours |
Time to travel a mile (2.4 minutes) |
| Consumption |
167 |
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W-hr/mile |
equals 4,000 W x 0.04 hr |
| Neutral |
15,206 |
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JPods/day |
Energy neutral capacity |
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| Collectors |
6 |
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feet |
Width of 16 watts per square foot collectors |
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16 |
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watts/ft^2 |
Noon collection capacity |
| Time |
5 |
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hours |
Typical effective hours of noon solar collection in a day |
| Energy Available |
2,534,400 |
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W-hr/day/mile |
Energy collected per mile of JPods rail |
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| Capital & Interest |
$ 2,740 |
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$/day/mile |
Cost to build, operate and maintain per day per mile |
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$ 0.17 |
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$/JPod/mile |
Capital and Interest Cost per JPod per mile |
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| Energy costs |
$0.07 |
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kW-hour |
Typical cost of electricity |
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$0.012 |
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$/JPod/mile |
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| Total |
$ 0.18 |
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Energy neural cost to move loaded JPods per mile |
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1,200 |
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Max Payload |
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$ 0.00015 |
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$/lb/mile |
Cost to move a pound, energy neutral |
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