I think this is a dangerous line of thinking, there’s always room for an improvement, and little aerodynamic improvements can have huge efficiency savings.

Drag coeff is gonna be hard to improve, but I think it could get significantly better by ditching the classic car shape, I wish manufacturers were willing to experiment more.

Especially the front area, which used to hold engines, and the inefficient hatchback shape.

Cross sectional area can be improved by changing how space is used. Frontal area is more costly to use that length, so so smarter use of say where batteries are relative to feet, can give the feel of more depth while not adding to the frontal area.

Weird how they don’t mention another huge factor, aerodynamics: drag coefficient and cross sectional area.

Current evs mimic ICE car styles with a grill at the front, which is can be very detrimental to the efficiency at high speeds.

Best explanation I can think of is a miscommunication somewhere in the chain, and that the deployment is not expected to see combat.

My eyes hurt, and I had eclipse glasses, and a solar filter on my telescope. Lots of these are probably just eyestrain.

I have a feeling we’ll blow past that one too, probably 20 years earlier than expected.

True journalism seems to be on its way out. Why pay journalists to research and investigate when you can pump out tons of ai generated garbage for nearly free.

I put down a deposit recently, like last month, but I have a similar outlook. I wanna see how they do after a few years to see how they hold up first. But if they look good and start selling like hotcakes I might be glad I put a deposit down early. Otherwise I’ll cancel and get a Chevy bolt begrudgingly.

I wanna be optimistic because I do want Aptera to at least push the whole industry towards more repairable efficient and cheep evs.

I think I heard mentioned that they expect the wrap to last 5-10 years, which isn’t great, but not terrible.

I don’t think they have a choice with right to repair, as changing their stance would be detrimental to their following.

It looks very modular, with company claiming a right to repair philosophy.

The painting seems to be aiming for a lower emissions vehicle, cheaper costs. Given that the body is not metal replacing panels should be easier if they get damaged.

Not to mention battery size doesn’t need to be as large, so replacing it should be viable.

I’m hopeful but still got see how everything shakes out.

Actually maintained rail shouldn’t have this problem, but the private companies like Norfolk Southern spend the minimum amount to keep them operational.

With a budget just a fraction of highway upkeep and expansion they should be able to be kept in good repair.

So much of that freight should be moved by rail.

Tax based on weight to 4th power would work if we nationalized railways like roads.

I really dislike how it’s become a conspiracy, because now it’s hard to pin out the good science from it.

Other fringe theories are fun to think about and debate, like the planet 9 hypothesis, which is becoming increasingly unlikely, and to a lesser effect modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND). Fringe theories are important to push forward the boundary of knowledge, even if most of them are wrong.

You were the one who really showed me what it was really like over there, so now I’m back on my lemmy.world account instead.

It’s a damn shame they can’t act in accordance with their power and star trek principles.

This really should be a sign that the admins of startrek.website are running their communities in manner that is upsetting their own community.