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Old 01-25-2020, 12:26 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Tahoe drag

Online,somewhere now,there is an image of a GM SUV wind tunnel model,with a significant boat tail.It is claimed to reduce drag by 29% I believe.
This boat tail shows up on US Patent,8590961,February 21,2012,by Thomas Scott Breidenbach.It's a variation on a variation of the Ahmed Body boat-tail, both in Huchos' textbook.
With rear wheel skirts,this modification would probably satisfy your load reduction requirement for the CVT mode.

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