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06-17-19 | 02:03 PM

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mmarshall

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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.

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.