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Old 09-19-2008, 04:03 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Hi,

As far as I know, small video cameras and LCD screens use pretty tiny amounts of electricity -- certainly more power could be saved with an efficient audio system, and certainly low power consumption exterior lighting, and efficient passive ventilation.

The Aptera Typ-1 uses 3 (or 4?) video cameras and screens and it gets plenty of distance out of much smaller batteries thna those that will be in the Volt. Even if you can eliminate the affect on the Cd by the miirors, you can definitely reduce the CdA by eliminating them.
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