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Old 12-04-2022, 04:31 PM   #1344 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Longsnowsm View Post
People said that about the aero wheel covers and as it turns out there is quite a bit of difference.

Just assumed the eco modders would be trying to see how much more they can get out of it.

The Volkswagen XL1 was capable of 280mpg with a 2 cylinder diesel, battery, and some very slick aero.

I would like to think that it would be possible to see a lot more MPGe with similar mods. That would be the point. Just figured someone in here would already be working on it and reporting their numbers.
It depends on whether the "Eco" goal is economical or ecological.

For me eco modding is about saving money - using less fuel means I pay less per mile I drive. Reducing pollution is a great secondary benefit.

I've had my Bolt EV for a year now. In the past year I drove 13,032 miles and consumed 3,203 kWh of electricity. paid for 2308 kWh of that electricity at a cost of $324. (One of the benefits of driving electric is the availability of free charging.) That comes out to $0.025 per mile. That is less than half of the $0.065 per mile for my old 2005 Prius back when fuel averaged $3 / gal.

Even spending $100 to make some pizza plate wheel covers for a 5% improvement isn't going to pay back. $ / MPG can be maximized when buying a car as opposed to trying to mod a car for better fuel economy.

I get that some people just like to see what they can do. Maximizing fuel economy is the goal and cost is a secondary issue. No different than people who are willing to spend thousands of dollars to reduce a 1/4 mile time by 0.1 seconds.

The Volkswagen XL1 was one of those efforts. A limited run of 250 cars sold for $110,000 each. They were basically efficiency supercars sold at supercar prices for people that brag about MPG instead of MPH.


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The method to coast in this car is appears to be a bit convoluted. I know there is a roll method that can be applied to the stopping method, but it still sounds like the car does a mild regen even if in rolling. I asked a few people who have the car if they knew if you could coast with the rolling, but I didn't get any feedback. Most of my driving is highway so I would love to be able to coast and have paddle to apply regen when I want it.

Coasting in an electric car is as simple as releasing the accelerator pedal until the car is no longer accelerating. Release it more and you get regen.
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