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I wasn't aware BEVs had "large open lower grille area"s. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure mine doesn't

 

Absolutely. But they generally don’t have “large open grill area”s. I thought it chuckle worthy that you warned people to especially watch out for that for BEVs.

 

toyota is notorius for unprotected frontal components. my bolt is completely protected from road debris

 

Behind the front bumper plastic is moderately open like a balloon, launched a bear with my volt and things were pretty empty down below.

Stupid design honestly and stupid expensive

 

Not that I've ever been a big aerodynamics follower of sorts, but at the ( 29:39 / 1779 sec ) timestamp in the video the thought at the moment was that aero wasn't a big design consideration for highlander..

I've always thought that wind turbines behind cowl induction fluid aero would be a nice touch for regen, especially at hwy speed.
But, I've also read many slightly aggressive responses about how stupid it would be to use wind for regen.
Maybe those who think that way are right, and tuning aero though regen turbines doesn't make any sense eco nomically. Especially if / when it breaks !
Especially since from what I've observed while watching regen in 2 hybrids is that it provides at best around 1/4 as much energy in as it takes to go the same distance and / or opposite elevation change ( climbing up in EV compared to regen gained going down ) Still a wind based Charge mode of sorts has always intrigued me.

 

I buy base model cars and trucks because there are fewer things to go awry even without a collision.
Cars are expensive enough without being up-optioned.

Even bottom feeders in the Versa/Mirage/Forte class of cars will walk away from the better part of $25K after all of the mandatory add-ons.
Higher interest rates, maintenance, fuel costs, and hideously high insurance and taxes only add to the fun.