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Originally Posted by RedDevil
Musk tweeted that 'with extreme effort' Cybertruck might hit a 0.30 Cd drag coefficient. 'which would be insane for a truck. Requires tweaking many small details'
Well, it takes more than small details to bring 0.48 down to 0.30.
But maybe the 0.48 model did not take this in account:
A completely flat underbody. |
In Justin W. Martin's CFD presentation,he put the Cybertruck in the neighborhood of Cd 0.36.
I'd like to see an analysis with the front suspension bottomed out at 8-inch ground clearance,and the rear optimized (body raked) for lowest drag highway cruising,ala Ford Probe IV and V concept cars.