DaveinOlyWA
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evnow said:surfingslovak said:That's a low-speed cycle. Only about 1.5 minutes are spent at 50 mph, about as much time at 40 mph, and lots of time between 20 and 25 mph.
Yes, but it is a apples to apples comparison. So, there is some 10% improvement in th Japanese cycle - we just don't know how that will translate here.
But here, we also have the 2cycle + adjustment to 5 cycle change. So, the change here won't be all that clear to us.
seems to me that speed would make it an "apples to apples" comparison in a vacuum. dont think we can make that same assumption anywhere else. a 10% improvement at 25 mph could easily be reduced to 2% at 60 mph due to increased air resistance, friction, etc.
the other thing is that the heat pump is very much a "climate dependent" efficiency gain. pretty sure none of these tests take climate into consideration which is probably one of the biggest reasons why these tests and ratings really mean so little in "our" world.
i think we gonna just have to wait until the product is here.