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Paul Horrell

“ON ONE CHARGE, THE EQXX DID STUTTGART TO SILVERSTONE, PLUS 11 LAPS OF THE TRACK” £n/a ↑ FOR Good to drive. Amazing efficiency has practical benefits. Feasible technology ↓ AGAINST Not real… yet. Little rear room Significant factoid: roughly two-thirds of the energy needed to drive a car on the motorway goes in aerodynamic drag. Slash that, then efficiency skyrockets. Hence the EQXX, where a tiny drag coefficient is multiplied by a tiny frontal area to get tiny total drag. As it’s electric, this means spectacular range. The EQXX is experimental but feels plausibly finished, and has hit an astounding 750 miles on real roads. That’s with a battery of 100kWh capacity, no bigger than some electric SUVs have now – and they struggle to beat a third of that…

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BBC Top Gear (digital) - 1 Issue, Oct-22

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