Hubcaps / wheel covers for more range?

[Grumpy2]

Actually "green hydrogen" may be the best solution for heavy trucks. Perhaps with time it can be scaled down to lighter trucks too.

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/green-hydrogen-loaded-up-and-long-haul-trucking/

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[csukoh78]

Actually "green hydrogen" may be the best solution for heavy trucks. Perhaps with time it can be scaled down to lighter trucks too.

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/green-hydrogen-loaded-up-and-long-haul-trucking/

lighter and more energy-dense batteries are coming. The tech is really interesting. Faster charging too

 

[VAF84]

Sacrifices have to be made if you want your great, great, great grandchildren to enjoy things like grass and clean air. You can only do what you can do.
Personally my truck "trucks" just fine and I love the smooth quiet rush of speed and torque.

remember, real men do what's right, even when no one is looking, or getting backlash and criticism. If it's right, it's right. Gas is dead. Electric is the future. And it's only getting better.

TBH I don't really subscribe to the idea that this is making a noticeable impact for the next generations. Maybe some moderate improvement, but essentially just a change in type of pollution. The only way to improve the world is with a reduction in consumption, not a change in the type of consumption. There is no free lunch.

I've given electric a try, and from my experience all I can say is that gas is far from dead. EV is an additional option for transport; but we're many years out from true mass adoption (greater than 50% of pop.) and available tech to make it palatable for the masses.

What "real men" has to do with any of this, I don't know. Driving an EV has no meaning, other than as one of many tools one can use as a form of transportation. "Real Men" (anyone) find the right tool for the job, EV or not.

 

[Asterix]

To get back to the original thread topic…

Here’s an interesting data point that just showed up. Car-and-Driver just did a range test on the Cybertruck and found that the wheel covers only made a 1.7% difference in range…

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a60200909/2024-tesla-cybertruck-aerodynamics-affect-range-tests/

 

[csukoh78]

TBH I don't really subscribe to the idea that this is making a noticeable impact for the next generations. Maybe some moderate improvement, but essentially just a change in type of pollution. The only way to improve the world is with a reduction in consumption, not a change in the type of consumption. There is no free lunch.

I've given electric a try, and from my experience all I can say is that gas is far from dead. EV is an additional option for transport; but we're many years out from true mass adoption (greater than 50% of pop.) and available tech to make it palatable for the masses.

What "real men" has to do with any of this, I don't know. Driving an EV has no meaning, other than as one of many tools one can use as a form of transportation. "Real Men" (anyone) find the right tool for the job, EV or not.

Every single electric vehicle, including the lightning, increases the odds that someone else will buy an electric vehicle 100 fold.

 

[VAF84]

To get back to the original thread topic…

Here’s an interesting data point that just showed up. Car-and-Driver just did a range test on the Cybertruck and found that the wheel covers only made a 1.7% difference in range…

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a60200909/2024-tesla-cybertruck-aerodynamics-affect-range-tests/

So pretty much 5 extra miles of range. Probably not worth the effort. Thanks for sharing!

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