• JoBo
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    9 months ago

    Restrict every car to 20mph? Yeah, no.

      • JoBo
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        9 months ago

        Fuel economy on faster roads would be ridiculously bad.

        • lemming934@lemmy.sdf.org
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          9 months ago

          Seems like a subtle downside compared to an enormous upside

          Edit: I’m not sure your claim of ridiculously bad fuel economy is correct. I’ve seen some sources that show slight decreases in fuel efficiency at 20mph. Fuel efficiencies are about the same at 20mph and 75 mph. https://www.mpgforspeed.com/

          And it seems that slower is better for electric vehicles.