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If you accelerate your car 0-60MPH in 3 seconds vs. 30 seconds, which uses less energy?
bacon_waffle
on April 15, 2019
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Assuming you're talking about energy transferred through the drive wheels, I'd think the 3 second case would use less energy since less goes in to moving air.
sfifs
on April 14, 2019
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Should the energy change be roughly the same = 0.5
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v^2
The power would be different (energy is used up much faster in the 3 second case)
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