Besides, who commutes at speeds where drag is an issue? It is the start and stop that wastes energy – and that is why Hybrids work.
Everyone does. In an electric vehicle driven at freeway speeds, drag dominates energy expenditures. Unlike in a gasoline vehicle, where losses from low efficiency of the high-horsepower engine at 2000 rpm and 20% throttle dwarf everything else.
Why aren’t low drag vehicles being done by mainline auto companies? May be safety is more important than drag? Can these funny shapes get Government safety certifications & Insurance company approvals?
They are doing crash testing on their vehicles, we’ll find out before they hit the streets.
