Volkswagen’s slippery new EV breaks a bunch of efficiency records
No, that's not a Tesla Cybercab.
That's Volkswagen's Mission Efficiency , the world's slipperiest electric vehicle.
The near-production 2+2 seat electric coupe prototype was built on VW's MEB+ platform, incorporating front-wheel drive components from the upcoming ID.
Polo and ID.
Cross models.
True to its name, the mission of Mission Efficiency is to break records.
With a drag coefficient of a scant 0.158, the prototype claims to be the world's most aerodynamic road-approved vehicle.
It also claims to have broken the record for energy efficiency, consuming 6.48kWh of energy per 100 kilometers during a constant-speed (68 km/h) test-drive on f … Read the full story at The Verge.
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