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Originally Posted by john70t
The SIM-LEI all-electric vehicle has a drag coefficient of 0.19, which means that when it goes on sale in Japan around 2013, it will be the most aerodynamic car ever to be mass produced. That means it will achieve twice the range of an all-electric Nissan Leaf -- a total of 186 miles -- with a battery pack of approximately the same size.
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No. Even improving aerodynamics drastically won't double the range of a street car in real-world use. The energy cost of heating and cooling the cabin and batteries won't change, and much of the car's life would be spent driving at speeds too low for aerodynamics to be a factor.