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AutoFocus: The World Record Most Efficient Electric Car!

Discussion in 'EV (Electric Vehicle) Discussion' started by Tideland Prius, Apr 2, 2023.

  1. Tideland Prius

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    In the world of cars not into production ? Yes - this Mercedes with .17 drag is crazy efficient. Isn't the other not-in-production car even more efficient? The aptera? at .13? oh wait .... it only has 3 wheels so it's a motorcycle.
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    That said, regarding the side view mirrors instead of cameras offset by the amount of electrical draw to run cameras was an interesting take.
    There's a not very scientific experiment done with parasitic loss here;

    Here’s how much battery is drained if a Tesla is left unplugged for 32 days - Tesla Oracle

    In short - This woman's experiment shows that a relatively efficient car will lose close to ½ % of it's charge per day over a month (from personal experience w/ parasitic loss - it's not really linear but happens mostly upfront & slows as time goes by). The experiment doesn't account for higher drainage if a car has to protect its traction pack from excess cold or heat. More of just ideal temperatures shown here.
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