Two thoughts. I'd love to see the drag number verified independently. And secondly the active wheel spoilers are for two reasons. A) parking over curbs. B) much much more importantly they can use the phrase 'Active Aero' in their marketing. Sounds like a cheap way of getting attention to me - I'd definitely employ that tactic if I was their marketing manager!
@veran1840
10 ай бұрын
Also beneficial for the brake cooling, especially in low speed, frequent brake city driving environment.
@AirShaper
10 ай бұрын
Yeah that might be the biggest reason of all, the marketing 🙂
@veran1840
10 ай бұрын
This WT located in Chongqing China, my team and myself have spent hundreds of hours in it and the service there is pretty good.
@AirShaper
10 ай бұрын
Ah that sounds super interesting! Happy to discuss this over a call if you like, just drop me a message at wouter@airshaper.com
@creativepan9708
5 ай бұрын
I know this is very late, but I wanted to comment my theory on the wheel active aero. My guess is that it’s for ground clearance and parking, so it doesn’t get damaged when up against a curb.
@charangohabsburg1
10 ай бұрын
Second-lowest drag coefficient actually. The lowest has one of your customers.
@appa609
10 ай бұрын
Aptera?
@AirShaper
10 ай бұрын
Very true 🙂 hope to see both cars making it to full scale production!
@AirShaper
10 ай бұрын
Yes, I think Chery is not taking Aptera into account 🙂
@nellepille123
10 ай бұрын
3:20 does the sloping surface create a component of lift? is it retracting for a high speed stability mode?
@AirShaper
10 ай бұрын
Yes, usually such a slope increases rear axle lift. A small spoiler at the rear can already help a bit.
@ananayjoshi
10 ай бұрын
Doesn't the tire wake increase the Cd?
@AirShaper
10 ай бұрын
Tires are a big source of drag indeed! So making their surface smooth and guiding the air around them is crucial to reduce drag.
@fixpacifica
10 ай бұрын
The inspiration of tuna fish!!
@jfbaro2
4 ай бұрын
Can you do more analysis on those Chinese EVs cars? In many parts of the world these are the only option for people to have an EV… and DC is important for autonomy
@AirShaper
4 ай бұрын
If you spot an interesting car, just drop us a note!
@dominicanwar363
10 ай бұрын
'Lowest CD in ''THE WORLD'' (BS) Don't mean to be rude but their promo video is meaningless without wheel movement. OK the top air flow looks good, so mabey not 'meaningless', but it's from China, LOL. (I got some rebar made from Chinese stainless steel, it's outside. Oh, where has it gone, what's all that brown dust?).
@AirShaper
10 ай бұрын
Yeah we'll have to await official independent wind tunnel or road tests to verify this, once it goes into production!
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