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Terminal Velocity

A car's terminal velocity is similar to it's maximum speed.

As car's start to accelerate there is more force pushing the car forward than there is air resistance slowing the car down.

As the car's speed increases so does the air resistance, eventually the force of the air resistance will equal the the force of the car's acceleration.

At this point the car can no longer accelerate, it has reached it's terminal velocity.

 

Renault team car

 

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