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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
I would agree. Didn't the EV1 have tapered sides too?
But as with anything, "does it look cool?" is the most important argument.
I really, really, really hope that Aptera takes off. Right now, the future seems to be an SUV invasion apocalypse.
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yes, GM provided a plan-view photograph of Impact/EV1 # 15 in their wind tunnel.
careful examination of this image indicates that the body plan-taper initiates at about 12-inches ( 305mm ) downstream of the side mirrors, forming an uninterrupted geometric contour, of reducing cross-section for the rest of the body length. Cd 0.197 was the official Cd according to GM.
Cd 0.137, with the 'Yellow Ferret', 1-meter, aluminum boat-tail, at Fort Stockton, Texas, Firestone Proving Grounds, 1993.
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AeroStealth attended the big BEV car show in San Diego, California this summer, and said that the Aptera display was so swamped that he couldn't ever get close to it, the whole weekend.