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There's highway, city and "stop and go" city. It doesn't matter what kind of car you have, gridlock is going to be inefficient.
by jonknee 14y ago
There's highway, city and "stop and go" city. It doesn't matter what kind of car you have, gridlock is going to be inefficient.
- doki_pen 14y agoBut it could be less inefficient as driving 55mph on the highway with this particular car, no?
- antiterra 14y agoAt some speed, driving fast on the highway will eventually be less efficient than driving in very bad gridlock. It isn't entirely unreasonable to incorrectly estimate the intersection of two causes of inefficiency in driving. It's probably possible to design a car so aerodynamically inefficient at 35+ mph that stop and go is preferable to cruising at even moderate speeds.
- klinquist 14y ago...although it should be noted that the Model S has the second best drag coefficient on the market today (it was the first before a new Benz was released in 2013): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_drag_coefficient http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_drag_coefficient