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Old 11-27-2018, 07:02 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by The Toecutter View Post
The numbers seem off.

Any in-depth writings on the subject that include the math? I've done all sorts of energy consumption calculations on hypothetical builds, and a change in Cd from 0.23 to 0.18 with nothing else altered, seems far too minor a change to go from 247 to 441 miles range. This is showing a 22% reduction in drag coefficient(and nothing else) yielding a 78% increase in range at 75 mph.
He was talking about the high mileage version...310 mile range. Still, he is also talking about 40+% range gain on only a 22% drag reduction. Seems a little counter intuitive to me too.
JJ

Last edited by jjackstone; 11-27-2018 at 07:54 PM.. Reason: Change 40 %...mpg to range.
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