Volkswagen’s crazy-efficient EV borrows an idea from Slate
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An EV that's nearly 2x as efficient as a Lucid Air reframes the game from battery size to drag, weight, and systems design—software can't paper over physics. Fleet operators and OEM partners should be recalculating TCO and charging infra assumptions if this level of efficiency starts to propagate into production lines.
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