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Old 02-16-2022, 05:57 PM   #74 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
When every other consideration is made, one will discover that there is an optimum inertia for any particular BEV vehicle, from which its momentum will optimize the amount of regen that can be harvested during deceleration.
Lighter you lose.
Heavier you lose
A 'Goldilocks' mass.
This is false. There is no Goldilocks mass. I read the thesis from front to back and could not find a thing that says that. There is no optimal inertia. That is my opinion, for whatever that counts.
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