Range-related BEV aero thought experiment

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The awd new Prius is my dream car though. Snow tires on it and it’s amazing new style of heater and a sleep bag with the seats down into the hatch would make winter car camping in the mountains amazing

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

I prefer putting kids into a taller vehicle than a shorter one. I prefer putting any object(s) into taller vehicles. They are easier to get into and out of. That said, I am perfectly willing to put in more effort to do those things in a lower vehicle, but most people aren't.

I'm not willing to have a trunk anymore. A hatch is so much more useful that aero penalties are worth it.

What gets me is how many vehicles are very large, but still can't fit 3 car seats in the back.

Shopping 3-row EVs, the only options were Model Y, Model X, and recently the EV9, oh, and the Rivian... all are super expensive, so I got the least costly among them, and Tesla apparently has stopped making the Y with the 3rd row.



I'll reiterate your point by mentioning that when it snows 1" here, everyone drives their RWD pickup truck with mud tires instead of their FWD CUV, which at least has all season tires and more even weight distribution.

Once, I pulled a neighbor's RWD pickup out of a post-rain quagmire with my FWD, CRX, in reverse.
He was thankful for the tow, but I could tell that he was a bit surprised and humiliated to have been rescued with some 'Jap trash' girly-mobile.
I've gone over Raton Pass, on ice, in near-whiteout conditions with All-Season radials on the HONDA. She never let me down.
Conversely, the two, RWD, Karmann-Ghias I've owned, were also quite sure-footed on ice and snow.
If I lived 'in the North', I'd have AWD.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by aerohead

Once, I pulled a neighbor's RWD pickup out of a post-rain quagmire with my FWD, CRX, in reverse.

I once offered to pull a lifted truck with huge tires out of the ditch on Mt. Hood with the Prius. The driver said he had someone on the way to tug him out.

I've pulled plenty of folks out of ditches with the Subaru.

[freebeard]

I put a rental box van full of furniture in a ditch once. It was pulled out by a lifted 4x4 with a winch that happened by.

I handed them twenty dollar bills one at a time, until they started handing them back.