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CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks agoAs I understand it, the aerodynamics can be no joke on EVs. The motors are very efficient, and there’s very efficient regenerative breaking. That means drag is pretty much where your whole battery charge goes.
For an example off the top of my head, the Arrow concept car manages 500km by not having side mirrors.
Umbrias@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
This is generally in line with ice, the drivetrain efficiencies anymore are in the high 90%s (applies to ev too), so from engine out you are losing basically everything to drag.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 weeks ago
And breaking. There’s no turning it back into petrol.
Revan343@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
On ICE vehicles you lose a lot more to braking
Umbrias@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
depends entirely on the kind of drive.
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 4 weeks ago
This is one thing I don’t get for the complaints about EV’s: Drag and towing. You have the same losses in ICE, just that the ICE powerplant is so much worse ‘before’ the drive