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Originally Posted by Longsnowsm
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.
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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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Originally Posted by Longsnowsm
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.
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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.