Thread: Heresy! Smooth Wheel Covers- Myth Busted!!!
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Old 04-23-2020, 01:03 AM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JulianEdgar View Post
Yes of course they did comparisons with fully sealed wheels...
And they found better results than this? Because the Tesla wheel you posted looks a lot like the star wheel on this table, and that star wheel did not do as well as the full cover. A company like Tesla, or Honda for that matter, will partly make final design decisions on the basis of looks, not just function.





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Honda Insight Gen 1 wheel:

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