Re:The Netherlands is making moves to ban all non-electric v...
by vonmoltke on Monday April 18, 2016 @12:12PM
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> You're ignoring breaking. If you go significantly faster than the speed limit your far more likely to break at highway speeds.
I'm not ignoring braking. Aggressive driving wastes a lot of fuel, but aggressive driving happens regardless of the posted speed limit. In fact, that rapid acceleration-brake cycle is more likely to happen when the flow of traffic is below the speed limit.
> Further, IC cars often get better fuel efficiency by mixing slow acceleration periods at optimum RPM and coasting. (Car engines get ~10-30 efficiency based on usage.) You can do this manually, but it's hard.
I don't think it's hard. It just requires paying attention to the traffic around you.
Further, IC cars often get better fuel efficiency by mixing slow acceleration periods at optimum RPM and coasting. (Car engines get ~10-30 efficiency based on usage.) You can do this manually, but it's hard.
However, air resistance is going to be the dominate factor at high speeds.