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Re:Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB by sidewndr46 on Sunday April 14, 2024 @09:57AM (#40031071)
Drag works the same way, which is why a pickup truck can stop from 90 mph relatively quickly
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Re:Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB by HPsquared on Sunday April 14, 2024 @10:02AM (#40031116)
Drag is insignificant compared to brakes, unless you're going very very fast.
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Re:Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB by sidewndr46 on Sunday April 14, 2024 @10:16AM (#40031205)
if that were the case, cars would just casually accelerate up to near Mach 1 without any issue.
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Re:Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB by Thorrez on Sunday April 14, 2024 @10:34AM (#40031352)
If a car has its brakes on, it'll be extremely hard to accelerate. The brakes create more movement resistance than air resistance does.
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Re:Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB by mikestew on Sunday April 14, 2024 @11:36AM (#40031876)
If a car has its brakes on, it'll be extremely hard to accelerate

It should be impossible to accelerate. None but maybe the most high-output engines should have enough power to overcome the car’s brakes. Aerodynamic drag is not quite a rounding error, but I don’t imagine it counts for a whole lot in this scenario in comparison.

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Re:Ford Mustang Mach-E Using BlueCruise at Time of Crash: NTSB by hexane360 on Sunday April 14, 2024 @11:43AM (#40031935)
No, because the engine is also insignificant compared to the brakes. A SUV might have brakes (briefly) capable of 900 HP of power absorption
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