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Old 04-15-2021, 09:33 AM   #108 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
Depending on driving velocity, no doubt, some BEVs will demonstrate lower cooling drag than 1.4% of overall drag.
Exactly, at 1mph, almost all drag is rolling resistance. This statement is of no use.

"No one has been able to show any data on BEV cooling drag as a percentage of total drag that rebuts what I wrote in the first post."

Julian, while I agree, it may be worth specifying aerodynamic drag, because total drag is both linear (rolling resistance) and exponential (aerodynamic).

aerohead is correct when he writes that at some velocity 1.4% of total drag is cooling, however that includes rolling resistance. Ignoring rolling resistance is essential to get correct numbers.
 
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