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Re:Elon Musk Gambled Tesla to Save SolarCity by jacquesm on Monday August 26, 2019 @04:13PM (#20803270)
> Unfortunately for the environment good aerodynamics make for ugly cars.

1955; drag coefficient 0.36:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citro%C3%ABn_DS

Since then we've come quite a bit further, the TM3 has 0.23, which is a substantial improvement but neither car looks ugly.

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Re:Elon Musk Gambled Tesla to Save SolarCity by jdsully on Monday August 26, 2019 @04:15PM (#20803282)
I think most North American consumers would consider it ugly (I do), but I haven't done a survey.
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