So the Ecomodder posse assembled for the Open House. I tried to recharge my camera the night before and it died, so no pictures from me.
What did we learn?
- Names of the Head of R&D and of Production.
- It's not a roll cage it's an [airquote]upper frame]/airquote]. In anticipation of when somebody rolls one and lawyers up.
- The battery-box/backbone is steel now instead of aluminum.
- Half-doors are because if it looks like a door, people expect a door.
- Drag was measured at something like 0.68Cd, but the half-doors brought it down to 0.30. Boat tailing made little difference.
They're having more success with doors, than with a trailer hitch. Prolly because of demand.
I suggested to Mark F. the trick double folding rear seat with an inflatable 8ft long carrot-shape that I could slide in through the back and strap to the back of the driver seat. It would provide a boat tail and reduce buffeting for the driver, or fold up into the pouch on the back of the seat. He seemed to like the idea.