ROAD & TRACK road-tested the Lucid Air, at a constant 65-mph, on I-580, in California, something real motorists might do.
On the 113-kWh pack, they saw 484-miles range.
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With back-of-the-envelope calculations I played 'what if we lowered the Lucid down to Hucho's Cd 0.09?'
* Dropping from Cd 0.21 to 0.09 is a 57 % drag reduction.
* Using the old/new delta -Cd vs delta -mpg relationship @ 65 mph produces a 31.4% mpg-e improvement, increasing range to 636-miles. ( 190-mpg-e vs 144.7-mpg-e )
* 177.6 Watts / mile.
* 9.78- hours drive time / charge.
* 152 extra miles range.
* Equivalent to adding a phantom 35.4 kWhs.
* No appreciable weight gain.
* Elucidation hallucination.
