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Originally Posted by aerohead
Do you want to discuss the statistical weighting of the different cycles and how Volvo derived the final aggregate efficiency from all of them?
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1) The thesis authors foreshadow the existence of a more favorable mass when they relate the 'medium-sized' Volvo S80's mass with respect to more advantageous regenerative braking in relation to the Volvo V40, on page-26.
2) Poor regenerative braking is a criticism related to the V40.
3) Only the 'mass' of the S80 is established towards a 'solution.'
4) That's the set-up.
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5) From there, we better know something about regenerative braking.
6) We better know something about Inertia Resistance.
7) We better know the acceleration rates and average velocities associated with the test cycles.
8) Test results encompass amplitudes, spatial, and temporal distributions which may not resonate with an individual's first order reality experience of automobile dynamics, however they remain the gold-standard for official testing and vehicle certification for legal sales.
9) We better know the boundaries of the official test protocols automotive engineers must frame their research and actions based upon the prescribed results.
10) We better know something about the statistical weighting between the various test cycles and how those weightings will affect the final numerical representation of the specific vehicle when the percentages of all the cycles are combined.
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11) Then, we need to walk outside. We need to leave the clinical sterility and hermetically-sealed environment of academia and the classroom, and take a glance at the real world.
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12) Volvo engineers do not exist within a vacuum.
13) They have a suite of technologies at their disposal to address the concerns raised by EcoModder members.
14) After completing my calculations I experienced deep belly laughs surrounding the 'hair on fire' reactions to the notion of additional mass. You'd think we'd all have to chew off one of our legs, caught is some sort of weight trap of our own making.
The answers are hiding in plain view.
' You can see a lot by looking.' Yogi Barra
PS ' Feed a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.'