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Old 12-02-2019, 11:07 AM   #77 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
"Extreme effort" is code for not gonna happen because effort is greater cost and/or reduction in aesthetic quality. So he basically said it's gonna be above .3
After the Model 3 was unveiled he tweeted that they were aiming for 0.21, and that car ended up at 0.23. So I read this the same as you--it isn't going to hit 0.30. (I'm also remembering Mercedes 2010 announcement that within 5 years all their cars would be at Cd 0.20. 9 years later, we're still waiting).
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