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Take a look at this thread http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/41776-self-made-aero-wheels
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Take a look at this thread http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/41776-self-made-aero-wheels
The X does not have gull wing doors but falcon wing doors.
That is design-engineering functionality. Not styling.*
Before Elon took over as CEO he was the Angle Investor/Controlling partner. If you think Elon had a hands off approach to a major investment you don't know Elon.
*99.999999% of the time doors are closed. Excluding douche bags in college parking lots having a tailgate party with rear doors open.
Tesla didn't officially promise 0.2 Cd. This is just a rumor. On the other hand, Elon promised the car would not be a weird-mobile and would not be too ambitious in order to be released on time. So I think the former would be fine, but the latter is not.If Lo-drag/Max-aero does indeed turn out to be an option and Tesla does the initial launch showing the car WITHOUT it then everyone will be happy - until deliveries start and we get a thread on here: "Tesla lied. Cd<0.2 not possible without weird add-ons, I'm furious" etc.
If Lo-drag/Max-aero is fitted as standard then we'll get "Tesla's weirdmobile looks awful, I'm furious" etc threads
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"Last year, at a conference, Musk suggested that key decisions regarding the Tesla Roadster had been "dumb" and that the company had erred by not designing the first version of its electric car from scratch. "It’s like if you have a particular house in mind and instead of buying that house, you buy some other house and chop down everything except one wall in the basement," he said."
The problem of the difficulty of changing a tire has been generally fixed in the automotive industry by not including spare tires. That's probably not the intent, but it's what is generally happening, so the argument over tire change difficulty seems moot.
How about painted wheels on wheel well covers? From afar it would look like traditional open wheel wells :biggrin:
and you could have comfortable high profile tires under there, able to handle every pothole, and the painted ones could be the 21" turbine with supersport OMFG tires
1985 Ford Probe V concept.
Wheel covers all the way around, Cd of 0.137. It definitely has that "80's future" look to it, but I kinda like it.
1985 Ford Probe V concept.
Wheel covers all the way around, Cd of 0.137. It definitely has that "80's future" look to it, but I kinda like it.
I don't believe there is any premium segment vehicle that comes with steel wheels, which is why hubcaps seems inappropriate. Even in economy cars, only the lowest trim levels come with steel wheels (with hubcaps). Alloy wheels are getting more and more common even in the economy segment.If you have hubcaps it means you can have cheap steel wheels. Brings the cost of 3 down. :smile:
I don't believe there is any premium segment vehicle that comes with steel wheels, which is why hubcaps seems inappropriate.
Even in economy cars, only the lowest trim levels come with steel wheels (with hubcaps). Alloy wheels are getting more and more common even in the economy segment.
These really aren't that bad looking and I'd be fine with them. After all if I look back I have had as many cars with hubcaps as without. These are just really nice hubcaps.
From the Volkswagen XL1 with a coefficient of drag figure of 0.186.
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I don't believe the Prius lift-back comes standard with steel wheels. The Leaf did when they introduced the S trim. However, neither vehicle is in the premium segment.I believe that the Prius and Leaf come standard with Steel wheels and covers.
I believe that the Prius and Leaf come standard with Steel wheels and covers.
The Prius has never come with steel wheels, alloy plus a trim ring.
My Leaf doesn't have steel wheels, but I don't know what the base model comes with.