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Old 06-29-2010, 02:14 AM   #90 (permalink)
Clev
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Originally Posted by The Toecutter View Post
There are EVs nowhere near as aerodynamic as Dave Clouds EV that can get by on ~120 Wh/mile at 60 mph, even if they might be more streamlined and lighter in weight than the norm, but they are nowhere near as streamlined as that.
Which ones would those be? I believe the EV1 has the lowest consumption of a production EV at 179Wh/mi. The Tesla gets 240Wh/mi, and even Gary Graunke's Insight EV, which uses an AC drive system with regen, gets 185Wh/mi at 50 mph. The one that claimed 120Wh/mi, Aptera, released a press release on April 14 that revised the estimated consumption up to 200Wh/mi.

190Wh/mi is still very good.
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