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Old 04-18-2021, 11:04 AM   #134 (permalink)
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I'd even go so far and say that a high performance EV has a significantly higher requirement of airflow through its radiators than a compareable ICE car despite it producing less waste heat as it has to run a far lower deltaT.
Wich is one reason why the Tesla Model S is thermaly limited in therms of cruise speed despite having not exactly small radiators.
Meanwhile the "electron guzzler" Taycan can maintain high speeds between 350kW chargers.

This likely affects "normal" EVs like the E-Golf or ID-3 far less as they have significantly lower thermal loads due to their less powerfull drivetrains going less hard on their batteries as well as their limited topspeeds
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