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Originally Posted by Phase
Do you think engineering explained had credibility?
https://youtu.be/NYvKxsYFqO8?si=4L4M45SEzCVrZW_H
Skip to 7:30 in the video. He straight up states that Tesla itself has different ranges submitted legally for each tire size at a STEADY STATE speed also.
Explain that too, regardless of your beef with Wayne |
We can circle back to him later.
I just looked at ' ars TECHNICA's' website on the new Prius:
Toyota Motor Company told them that the LE, with 17" wheels/tires is the only Prius with Cd 0.27.
The Limited and XLE are 'more like Cd 0.29'. That's from the horse's mouth.
It's something about both the tire's frontal area, and the ventilation drag of the more 'open' spoke pattern of the alloy wheels, just like Tesla, just like Lucid Air, just like KIA, Just like Genesis, just like Hyundai.......................
It's not about 'killer' mass.
SAE INTERNATIONAL wasn't even informed, with respect to their report on the 2023 Prius.
I don't have enough time to get into 'Engineering Explained', so that will have to be for Monday.
As 'consumers', our biggest beef ought to do with the Munroney stickers on new cars. In a perfect world, they'd provide official drag coefficients and projected frontal areas for the specific model they're affixed to, allowing the potential customer to 'do the math.'