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And much more than one would intuitively think. I just finished a long drive for summer vacation. Driving through Denmark (completely flat) at 130 km/h would a
by pi-rat 3y ago
And much more than one would intuitively think.
I just finished a long drive for summer vacation. Driving through Denmark (completely flat) at 130 km/h would absolutely wipe the battery, would be surprised if I managed even 350 km on a full charge. Driving over the mountains in Norway however, from 0m elevation to over 1000m and down again, at slower mountain roads (max 80 km/h), yielded almost 500 km on single charge.
I did not expect flat+high speed vs hill-climbing+low speed would be that dramatically different.
- brookst 3y agoAir resistance is proportional to square of velocity. That goes up pretty quickly!
- aaronblohowiak 3y agoAnd the power required to move against the air goes up by the cube of speed (as you multiply the resistance times your speed itself.)
- medvezhenok 3y agoI imagine that regenerative braking has a role here too. When you're going downhill the battery can recharge itself to some extent.