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California98Civic · 08-14-2018, 06:52 PM

I am not sure wider is better. Larger yes. But larger can also be bigger diameter without the biggest possible width. Bigger diameter with narrow width is what BMW is doing with its EV. And you would gain aero benefits and gearing benefits from narrower but taller. Just a thought. Consider this discussion (the link is to a comment of mine in the middle of the discussion): https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...tml#post564182

And this graph from that thread. I think it shows that for FE purposes, the picture can be more complicated.

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California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,174 Times in 1,470 Posts	I am not sure wider is better. Larger yes. But larger can also be bigger diameter without the biggest possible width. Bigger diameter with narrow width is what BMW is doing with its EV. And you would gain aero benefits and gearing benefits from narrower but taller. Just a thought. Consider this discussion (the link is to a comment of mine in the middle of the discussion): https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...tml#post564182 And this graph from that thread. I think it shows that for FE purposes, the picture can be more complicated. Attached Thumbnails __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.