Pure speculation here, but I'll take a whack. These are EPA tests so speeds, durations, acceleration and deceleration rates are tightly prescribed. I'm guessing a smaller, lighter car won't suffer the disadvantage of yanking roughly 5000# up to speed, and that means it does better in town than on the highway. Past a certain weight threshold maybe higher but steady speed makes for more efficiency?
Chris On May 2, 2016 1:00 PM, "EVDL Administrator via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2 May 2016 at 5:45, brucedp5 via EV wrote: > > > Tesla's updated Model S 90D ... 285.7-mile city range ... 303.2-mile > > highway range. > > Interesting. Every other EV I know of (including conversions) gets > markedly > better range in city driving than on the highway. Is the Tesla S so > aerodynamic that its friction losses are higher than its aero losses? Or > is > it just wasting more energy than other EVs when it's "idling"? > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160503/8dfa3602/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
