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USA: Slate's New Electric Truck Will Cost Slightly More Than $24,950
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I would say probably the boxy front and truck bed. They have to do the range tests on the base model so I wonder if it would improve the range with the SUV mod
Pickups have better aero without a bed cap.
I remember watching that Mythbusters episode and being convinced. But it still doesn't fit neatly into my intuition of the thing.
Intuition is just bias. Physics explains why.
I wonder which is actually more aero between the squareback and fastback options?
Squarebacks have a huge void you have to drag along.
That seems likely, yes, but you don't know for sure without CFD or wind tunnel testing. It could be that there's some weird detail with the fastback that somehow manages to make it worse.