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Originally Posted by Vman455
You have argued in the past:
You contradicted oilpan4's (correct) assertion that a lighter Model 3 would be more efficient. This paper does not support that contradiction. It clearly shows that the heavier the car is, the more energy it uses per mile regardless of the effects of regenerative braking:
You seem to be confusing efficiency of the movement of energy from battery to wheels with efficiency of energy per distance traveled. They are two different things. |
1) If the Model 3 were already 'optimized' for mass, arbitrarily lightening it would have the potential to lower its overall efficiency in an urban setting, the exact context of the Master's Thesis on page -26. There is no contradiction.
2) The Thesis is discussing overall efficiency. All other mass-related potentialities are encompassed within their use of 'efficiency.' It could not be more clearly spelled out. Net efficiency.
3) It's impossible to contradict an ' assertion' when no one is in possession of the facts which would prove the correctness about how a Tesla Model 3 'might' perform at lower mass. It's pure speculation.