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Originally Posted by AeroMcAeroFace
completely agree, this is a ridiculous idea, and it is theoretical, I would never do it, I don't have the resources and even if I was involved in a car build I don't think that the reward vs time spent is in any way realistic, but I wanted to debate about what it would take to get these marginal gains (if they even exist) once all the lower hanging fruit has been picked.
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I'd argue the ultimative hypermiler vehicle would be a small plane based on a glider that has a small diesel engine.
Such planes can have a glide ratio of about 1:50 at a weight of 500-600 kg.