Pacificia Hybrid Minivan

i'll buy a converted bev school bus first...

 

having piloted both a steam powered paddle boat and school bus, I'd have to say you are pretty close in comparison. It's hard to wrap our heads around the fact that as we approach the first thousand miles, the gauge shows we're averaging about 60 MPG - and that's including the better ½'s heavy footed Cannonball run down to San Diego & back. It's likely because the Leaf was the last daily driver prior to the plugin Pacifica - but it just feels counterintuitive - that something this big - lumbering along, could be so efficient.

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don't try talking me into it, it its not going to work

 

Okay I'll give you my personal negatives to chew on. After seeing maps on the 11 X 17" model X screen, the Pacifica map looks microscopic .... & Pacifica will in no way hit 0 to 60mph in 4 seconds.

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give it time, more negs will come

 

one unknown is, especially after hearing about the prime & pip capacity loss on some owners rides, one wonders when our Pacifica will no longer do 33ev miles. Oddly enough, 45° in the early morning, yet we're getting 34 EV miles (one over epa), running cabin, steering wheel & seat heaters doing 65mph drive to work - knock on wood.
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After 4 seconds, this vehicle or any other will hit about* 176 mph. All one must do is drop it. Such experiments never end well, unless amusing video is the goal.

*Neglecting work required to push air out of the way. Interestingly, vehicle with lowest Cd will win this race, if one can keep its nose pointed at impending doom.

 

how appropriate for a chrysler thread

 

Depending on planet (but not vehicle brand) one can work this out the other way. It takes 2.34 seconds to accelerate to 60 mph in that most risky 'down' direction.

If your ride can beat that time horizontally, there must be some very sticky tires involved.

Retread such calculations one more time. Prius models (in this slightly important 0 to 60 measure) have accelerations from 3.2 to 6.2% of Earth's gravity. Such would be found on much smaller planets, asteroids, Death Stars, etc.

 

hmm - makes one wonder - what the rollover characteristics are with the plug in battery pack. I recall Tesla had to come up with a flip device just to see how strong the roof was in a rollover, because turning the opposite direction while going over a hillside wouldn't roll it over due to its low battery pack position.
It's almost comical watching their early attempts to roll over a model X, our other ride, using a sand pit.

but there is air .... & there WILL be the tumble effect - so, pushing one out the back end of a cargo plane would be speed, more than in the realm of 120's max *mph

*drag
& speaking of being a REAL drag ..... funny cars, topping out at 10,000 hp will pull 4g's - hitting ~300mph in the 2 secod range. Makes free fall seem kind of paltry.
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Comparing two vehicles with about a 100% price difference? Makes no sense to the average or even well above average income family.