Re:Rivian S-1
by IshKebab on Saturday October 02, 2021 @07:18AM
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> In the very least, the battery mass is responsible for an effective drop in energy efficiency of around 30% just to cart someone around.
It's not nearly as simple as that because electric cars have regenerative braking, and because the energy doesn't all go into acceleration. A lot (probably most, depending on how you drive) goes into wind/rolling resistance at a constant speed and that doesn't depend much on mass.
It's not nearly as simple as that because electric cars have regenerative braking, and because the energy doesn't all go into acceleration. A lot (probably most, depending on how you drive) goes into wind/rolling resistance at a constant speed and that doesn't depend much on mass.