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New Tesla Model S Now the Quickest Production Car in the World
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demosthenes
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Perhaps Mazda should let them use zoom zoom?
Stabby McSter
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i thought it meant that they were produced quickly
what's wrong with me today
what's wrong with me today
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Jpop
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But it doesn't have the feel of a real powerful car.
Abstruse Moose
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Well the car burns sometimes
When the back of your head melts into that driver's seat once you fully slam on the gas feels pretty damn right if you ask me.
Unknown Soldier
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Unfortunately the Model S gets smoked on longer runs because the battery gets too hot and the car throttles back on acceleration.
Getting launched is pretty fun though.
Getting launched is pretty fun though.
It's obvious, but it's just them saying that the sale is also an investment in the company, and in the future of electric cars. A future that I'd imagine most Tesla owners are interested in seeing happen.
As someone whose driven a 918, the acceleration is insane but looses its luster quickly considering you're breaking the law immediately on most roads.
That range though is quite something, really amazing achievement and makes these cars that much more attractive to prospective buyers.
Kudos
That range though is quite something, really amazing achievement and makes these cars that much more attractive to prospective buyers.
Kudos
They can't compete in this price range. Tesla makes tens of thousands each year, while others build like hundreds at best.
shira
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In space nobody can hear you rev
Golgo 13
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I've never been super impressed by Tesla, to be honest, as the initial reliability reports have been utter poopoo. But 2.5 is fast, yeah. A 2016 Corvette can do 0-60 in 2.9 seconds though, and that probably costs a %10 of what that Tesla does. So it's not over-the-top impressive considering the trade-offs.
AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
It doesn't.
If you mash it from say...40MPH, any other sports car making 400HP+ will walk away from it.
Tesla's launch really REALLY hard because full torque comes on immediately. But they run out of steam at around 80MPH. So basically, production supercars and virtually most higher-end sports cars will be passing them around thereabouts.
For the everyday Joe, it's a tremendously quick car, but it's hardly the fastest production car. It's just the fastest to 60 thanks to its traction and instant torque advantage.
LucidMomentum
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12 Parsecs.
Jack Scofield
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Are they offering a version of the Model 3 with the 315-mile battery?
Pankratous
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>300 miles range in electric car?
Can't be long until the electric overlords take over now.
Praise be to electric.
Can't be long until the electric overlords take over now.
Praise be to electric.
Lovely Salsa
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What does it look like? Is it ugly?
rokkerkory
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Junk build quality
AstroNut325
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I hope to afford a Model S some day. Definitely want the P100D!
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Not sure if serious.
Golgo 13
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makingmusic476
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$13k for a Corvette?
They don't handle that well either, but it is a sedan first and foremost.
Please show me where I can buy this corvette.
sono
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AlphaSnake
...and that, kids, was the first time I sucked a dick for crack
Should dip into the mid/high 10s. And trap around 122-125MPH, depending on track conditions and tire condition.
P90Ds with a fresh charge were low 11s and trapped between 117-120MPH. They make that speed mostly from launch. A comparable sports car running low 11s or high 10s will be around 130MPH.
The Corvette Z06 (which is the one that can do 0-60 in 2.9 seconds), is $80k. Also completely different type of car. The Tesla is a fairly large sedan that seats 5 (or 7, if you get the jumper seats), and the Corvette is a 2 seater. But the Corvette has a big handling advantage due to weighing around 1500 lbs or so less.
They would have to find a way to shift gears in a car that only has one forward gear.
The Hermit
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My next car, in 5 years or will be electric. At the very least hybrid, but I want full electric.
sankt-Antonio
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Imo, once every car maker has an electric model out, these numbers will be pretty normal for a BMW M3 class of car.
Its not that its some rocket science to slap thousand of laptop batteries together and get a fast as shit electric car out of it, two Croatian students did this like five years ago.
Most carmaker on the planet have not shown much interest in pure electric vehicles, because of the billions they spend on optimizing their combustion engines.
Its not that its some rocket science to slap thousand of laptop batteries together and get a fast as shit electric car out of it, two Croatian students did this like five years ago.
Most carmaker on the planet have not shown much interest in pure electric vehicles, because of the billions they spend on optimizing their combustion engines.
Neat car with outstanding performance out and about in the city. Though I find them kinda vanilla, the giant tablet controlling everything is ugly and looks shoehorned in, plus the fit and finish didn't feel like something I would expect from a luxury car price-tier.
That said, I'm stoked to see once other major players have something available to compete with it and eventually all this electric jazz gets down to regular human pricing.
That said, I'm stoked to see once other major players have something available to compete with it and eventually all this electric jazz gets down to regular human pricing.
You realize it's a reference to a joke in a movie, right?
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