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Just stumbled accros this. Amazed that the model s is lower drag than the leaf. I new it had a lower coefficient but thought it was offset by its size.
Wonder what an I3 is? Do the skinny tyres help with aerodynamic drag?
http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-model-s-wins-wind-tunnel-wars-2014-5
"The numbers get even more interesting: Did you know, for example, that a Model S requires just 14 horsepower to maintain 70 mph, 4 hp less than a Leaf?
That rises sharply by the time you reach 100 mph—exponential increases in wind resistance means the Tesla uses 42 horses to stick at 100—though that's still 11 hp less than the Leaf would need."
Edit: 4hp = 3kw so pretty significant
PDF here http://www.teslamotors.com/sites/default/files/blog_attachments/the-slipperiest-car-on-the-road.pdf
Wonder what an I3 is? Do the skinny tyres help with aerodynamic drag?
http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-model-s-wins-wind-tunnel-wars-2014-5
"The numbers get even more interesting: Did you know, for example, that a Model S requires just 14 horsepower to maintain 70 mph, 4 hp less than a Leaf?
That rises sharply by the time you reach 100 mph—exponential increases in wind resistance means the Tesla uses 42 horses to stick at 100—though that's still 11 hp less than the Leaf would need."
Edit: 4hp = 3kw so pretty significant
PDF here http://www.teslamotors.com/sites/default/files/blog_attachments/the-slipperiest-car-on-the-road.pdf