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Originally Posted by Christ
Probably worthless information, but I read somewhere that the EV1's glass was polished to reduce glare angle and friction drag... truth?
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I've never seen nor heard anything like that.I do believe the glass had something like a low-emissivity coating and UV block to help reduce solar load into the cabin to spare the heat pump some work.Reverse in the winter.
As far as special polishing for drag reduction,that wouldn't jive with boundary layer theory or Reynolds number considerations.The view out of the cabin in the EV-1 is distortion free.The glass is optically first-rate.The plastics chosen for the interior( ie.dash/A-pillars) WERE probably carefully selected with internal reflection considerations in mind.