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Who has the quietest brand?

Old 06-17-19, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Sulu
...and not having access to a wind tunnel to fine tune the airflow over the vehicle. As a small automaker, Tesla probably does not have access to a wind tunnel.
That doesn't necessarily mean that wind-tunnels aren't available. Aerospace companies would probably be happy to rent out the use of their own wind-tunnels, when they aren't using them to fine-tune their own aircraft designs.
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Old 06-17-19, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Sulu
...and not having access to a wind tunnel to fine tune the airflow over the vehicle. As a small automaker, Tesla probably does not have access to a wind tunnel.
you don't really need one these days with computer simulations.
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