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It also weighs 3 tons which is probably the main factor. A Model 3 towing 1 ton will barely get 100 miles range. That said, despite the boxy look, the Cybertru
by ricardobeat 3y ago
It also weighs 3 tons which is probably the main factor. A Model 3 towing 1 ton will barely get 100 miles range.
That said, despite the boxy look, the Cybertruck has a respectable 0.34 aerodynamic coefficient, not far from 90s sedans.
- opwieurposiu 3y agoThat 0.34 is applied to a huge frontal area though. Ends up having lot more drag then a sedan because the truck needs to move a lot more air molecules out of the way.
- ricardobeat 3y agoThat's not how it works. A car's drag coefficient is calculated in a wind tunnel, and takes into account the entire body shape. The frontal area can also be very deceiving, a new VW ID Buzz for example has a CD of 0.285 despite a massive front.
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- ricardobeat 3y ago(FTR, I jumped the gun on my answer and I was wrong - the actual relevant performance figure is the product of the coefficient times the frontal area, so the parent is correct, it might perform much worse in practice than a smaller car with the same CD)
- whamlastxmas 3y agoWeight has very little impact on range
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