Agonizing over the details ends up increasing range and efficiency
Automakers like Audi have been trying to reduce aerodynamic drag on their cars for years. For Audi, those efforts lead to excellent range estimates for the new A6 e-tron. Some of the breakthroughs include a stall in the undercarriage that reduces turbulence. Battling wind resistance is something that automakers do every day. That fight goes back several decades. In a new film with Top Gear , Audi shows off what it did years ago and how that technology trickled down into the new A6.
That enabled it to travel at 250 mph, an impossible speed for the vast majority of cars almost a century later. Audi also set the record for the most aerodynamic production car in 1982. The Audi 100 had several small touches that cheated the wind. Hidden wipers, aerodynamic mirrors, and a cleaner greenhouse all made a big impact. https://youtu.be/ikZAsnplfUY?si=lJr92Igxi6rnl6bZ All of this leads us back to the new A6 e-tron, which leverages everything Audi has learned through the years.
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