2025 Xiaomi SU7 EV Sedan, Cd 0.195

[aerohead]

https://www.evspecifications.com/en/model/b27d2d7

[Phase]

How are these Asian cars getting almost the same drag as the vw xl1 without smooth wheel covers, fender skirts, mirror removal, and a boat tail?

[redpoint5]

I've owned quite a few Xiaomi products and found them to be a good value.

Bathroom scale
Fitness trackers
Mi Drone 4k (inoperable after software updates ended)
Roborock vacuum

The downside is that support is probably terrible, and software updates discontinue well before the product becomes technically or functionally obsolete/degraded.

I'd probably be interested in buying a Xiaomi car if the price was right.

[rmay635703]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

I've owned quite a few Xiaomi products and found them to be a good value.

Bathroom scale
Fitness trackers
Mi Drone 4k (inoperable after software updates ended)
Roborock vacuum

The downside is that support is probably terrible, and software updates discontinue well before the product becomes technically or functionally obsolete/degraded.

I'd probably be interested in buying a Xiaomi car if the price was right.

You could probably import one install a governor and register as an Nev

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by Phase

How are these Asian cars getting almost the same drag as the vw xl1 without smooth wheel covers, fender skirts, mirror removal, and a boat tail?

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1) The first thing we need to consider is that, the VW XL1 is an 'ICE' car, with a higher cooling requirement ( bigger radiator ventilation-drag ) than the Asian electric cars.
2) Secondly, the XL1 is a 'camera' car, with no 'mirror-drag', which if manufactured to include two, 'Tesla-esque' side mirrors, could push the VW's drag up to Cd 0.199 ( exceeding some of the Asian BEVs' Cds right there!
3) The 'dimensional analysis' of the Asian cars tells the rest of the story:
If you consider the exterior dimensions of each of the cars, and the relationships and proportions between them all ( I look at twenty-two different dimensional metrics on any particular vehicle ), you find that they populate a very similar fineness-ratio domain, capable of generating their associated CdAs.
4) If you manufacture 'SpongeBob SquarePants'- shaped cars, you're going to get 'HUMMER"-type Cd 0.50 cars.
5) If you manufacture ' Little Mermaid' - shaped cars, you're gonna get Cd 0.1644 cars.
6) The Troposphere is 'agnostic' as far as 'aerodynamics' goes. Anthropomorphizing: It doesn't care who manufactures it, where it's manufactured, or what it's made out of, as long as it has an impermeable surface boundary.
7) 'Hallucinating' : The Walton Family, in Bentonville, Arkansas, could have these cars manufactured 'private-label', imported, and sold under the 'Walton' BRAND, at all 'SAM's' Club locations, with no dealership up-fees, and parts availability in every Wal Mart across the USA, providing their own financing, from in-store banks.

[freebeard]

7) 'Hallucinating' : The Walton Family, in Bentonville, Arkansas, could have these cars manufactured 'private-label', imported, and sold under the 'Walton' BRAND

They could call it the Allstate.

Allstate
Vehicle brand
searsarchives.com/brands/allstate.htm
Allstate was an American brand of vehicles marketed by Sears. Scooters, motorcycles, and cars were sourced from several manufacturers and re-badged with the Sears "Allstate" brand. Piaggio and Cushman were major suppliers of scooters, while Puch and Gilera supplied mopeds and motorcycles, and cars at different times were supplied by the Lincoln Motor Car Works and Kaiser-Frazer. Wikipedia