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Old Posted Jul 23, 2010, 6:00 PM
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Originally Posted by pricemazda View Post
Top speeds usually mean what it's capable of travelling, they rarely get up to top speed. When you take in gradients, turns and urban areas, tunnels and so on, which all reduce speed even with advanced engineering.

That's why I was asking what average speeds will be.
Probably not too far off the top speed after acceleration/deceleration. The area they're looking at from Victorville to Las Vegas is very flat, has a very straight route, is pretty flat, and is very rural.
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