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No, they do not. Better to follow the Occam's razor auxiliary principle: "Simplify the problem, but only to the extent required to accurately represent it." For example, let's consider "mission profile," typical use case. Let's ignore "things will be way better in the future." A guy has a...

Okay but look, we can't be discussing patently ridiculous things. I believe discussing towing with 78 miles of towing range is in that category. Just conclude "this is a truck we don't tow with" and move on. As more data is gathered this will happen regardless. Maybe the evidence will come out...

Okay. Sorry, I didn't get that from your narrative. Comment. My gas powered 8.1 liter 2003 3/4 ton Avalanche goes from 11mpg down to 6mpg pulling a trailer with a full size car, and that is truly awful, say compared to a diesel truck. But that 6mpg is STILL 6x32 = 192 miles on the road.

I wouldn't agree with what you call "background principle" one bit, and then can't agree with conclusions based on it. Like I said, it's largely the eddies and swirls that creates drag. Maybe this is not intuitive. Think of a hand placed out in the wind at 60 mph. if there was zero turbulence...

I have knowledge of aerodynamics and over 3000 hours as a pilot. I would caution attempting to apply aero arguments to cars and trucks. First of all all modern vehicles are extensively tested both in wind tunnel and CFD simulations. And the results are not intuitive. It's largely the swirls...