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Does decreasing rim size affect milage by a lot?
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The Advanced Edition has 20" wheels instead of your 21" wheels and has a bit more range. I'm not sure if that's the only reason, but it probably helps.
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01-13-2023, 10:46 AM
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The Advanced Edition has 20" wheels instead of your 21" wheels and has a bit more range. I'm not sure if that's the only reason, but it probably helps.
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The Performance edition also has larger 2nd motors (quite heavy) and some additional hardware that adds a bit of weight but yea I thought the same when I first saw the tire size difference. |
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01-13-2023, 11:15 AM
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Give yourself more time to get there, take backroads that you can drive slower on, maybe that will help.
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I think the first thing I'd try is covering those huge open wheels, or at least tuft testing the body behind the wheels. And then maybe adding some separation edges at the rear. How smooth is the underbody? I'd like to see a tuft test of that rear window. Looks like about a 20° slope?
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Here's a good video on the underside, look up on youtube the video "What's underneath my Genesis GV60" by Car Spec Garage (I don't have enough posts to put links)
Any recommendations for caps to cover the wheels? Been looking around but can't find anything for my car. |
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Give yourself more time to get there, take backroads that you can drive slower on, maybe that will help.
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I'm looking at this option as well but I do think some small tweaks to aero and tires might get me there. (Yes I know buying tires for the sake of range is expensive). |
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Except for acceleration and hill climbing, steady state weight isn't a really huge bugaboo as aero drag. Hardening your current tires with more airpressure might give you the extra range as driving 5mph slower or some sort of drafting.
Used to be here: changing the loose nut attachment to the steering wheel is a primary fix
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I load my leaf up with 500lb of wood pellets and it barely has a noticeable effect on range. Weight is almost irrelevant.
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Except for acceleration and hill climbing, steady state weight isn't a really huge bugaboo as aero drag. Hardening your current tires with more airpressure might give you the extra range as driving 5mph slower or some sort of drafting.
Used to be here: changing the loose nut attachment to the steering wheel is a primary fix
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I load my leaf up with 500lb of wood pellets and it barely has a noticeable effect on range. Weight is almost irrelevant.
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Good to hear, sounds like aero and my tires are the only options along with driving slower. |
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01-13-2023, 11:55 AM
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