Flush door handles are the car industry's latest safety problem
23 points by mgh2
by 1970-01-01
4 subcomments
>If automakers were that serious about drag reduction, we’d see many more EVs riding on smaller wheels.
Has nothing to do with drag. EVs are heavy, and need big brakes to stop in an emergency. Wheels go over the brakes. Therefore, the wheels need to be big to fit the brakes. Smaller wheels mean longer braking distances. Nobody wants that.
by SilverElfin
3 subcomments
I just find them so unnecessary. If you need them for fuel efficiency, is your battery / motor / whatever really properly designed? It just comes off as desperate.