the prius is a far cry from this specialized niche vehicle. btw, the honda ev had numbers close to this thing but was a more practical and conventional car.
people laughed at the prius? who? republicans? oilmen? who cares. the prius is an actual car, a consumer product appealing to the general public vs this engineering exercise.
cfd? had to look that one up. why not just say “modeling”? when i was in school, fluid dynamics involved theory which led to computation and resulted in experiment (ie., testing). funny how marketers and techno geeks just love to make up new acronyms for the same old things.
do you think their “cfd” took cross winds and lift into account? between the nice big tail fin and the lifting body shape, i’m sure that single rear wheel will have plenty of traction and control…
and gull wing doors?? heh, good luck getting out of the thing in tight parking.
