That being said, that efficiency is beatable if we - like #Volkswagen - stretch the rules and don't go by EC Vehicle Class M1, but #L5e or even #L2e, because then a lot of mandatory stuff just falls away and the small power envelope of 4-15kW [on the wheels ] is not that little if we look at #Diesel and espechally #electric powertrains, as for anything besides long distrance & highway use, low-speed acceleration and deceleration is more relevant and that is dependent on #torque (and tire grip).
- Which is why #Bonn has a shitton of #HybridCars for #Taxis because when the average trip is less than 10km and the average speed below 30km/h (with top speeds rarely reaching 50), it's more important to safely and quickly advere to traffic lights and -flow than "make speed indicator go brr!"...
I guess my #pragmatism is alienating to #Neurotypicals who tend to use a #car not as a mere #tool but as a "projection area" for their personality and status.
- Which in my eyes is more of a display of "fragile ego" (espechally #FragileMasculinity) than actually beneficial.
