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I really don't get the lack of interest in this thread..?
IIRC around 98% of car travel is urban trips of under 50 miles. (80km)
As everyone knows:
Force is Mass X Acceleration.
A decrease in mass means less force required for the same acceleration.
And less force is less fuel consumption.
Therefore, on average; weight reduction is the number 1 means of reducing fuel consumption and comes before anything that adds weight.
Boat tails etc that add weight only help at constant speed, or 2% of the time.
The pictured battery obviously decreases weight.
On top of that the conversion of electrical energy in chemical (battery) energy and back to electrical is above 90%, vs 50% for lead acid.
So this battery does not just the 1 most important thing for duel economy, but 2!
So where is everyone?
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