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Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by chrisper »

glandium wrote: post #55
ardit33 wrote: post #17

The Tesla roadster specs are insane! No exotic carmaker will be able to match it (taking price as a consideration). (no Ferrari, or Lambo, can get that close. This is Formula 1 acceleration speeds). Plus 620 miles of range, and it is a 4 seater. Expensive as hell, but this is exotic car territory. Base Specs Acceleration 0-60 mph1.9 sec Acceleration 0-100 mph4.2 sec Acceleration 1/4 mile8.8 sec Top SpeedOver 250 mph…

I wonder at what speed you get that range. Those specs are in Bugatti Veyron league, even beating it at acceleration (for 1/8 the price tag), but at full speed, the Veyron empties its full tank in... 12 minutes. I'll let you calculate how many miles that is at 250mph.

Also I wonder how many times you can accelerate like that... maybe only once with full charge?

Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by benjaminl »

alexanderstears wrote: post #43
ukulele wrote: post #2

0-60 in 1.9 seconds is ABSURD

It's darn near the limit of what we can do with current tire technology, don't be surprised if this drops - all we need is a tire that can deal with it. You're right that it's absurd but most sports cars can do 60-0 in about the same amount of time, it's interesting to think about running that acceleration in the oppisite direction.

The Tesla Model S P100D has the exact same 0-60 and 60-0 times. So Tesla has already achieved that, but with a much heavier car.

Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by staunch »

Apple needs to buy Tesla and run it better than Elon Musk can right now. He's overloaded himself with responsibilities.

Apple could do a lot of good by applying their skills to such an important problem. And Tesla's have been called "laptops on wheels" which has some truth it. They have the money, people, and management skill to do it well. Tesla has the industry lead that Apple needs to get in the race.

First thing Tim Cook would do is cancel the semi project, I'd guess. But maybe not.

Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by _ea1k »

greglindahl wrote: post #38
_ea1k wrote: post #26

I would really love to know how they are getting such a large battery capacity in a vehicle of this size. Is this a generational leap in energy density? What kind of materials are being used here?

Double-thick battery? The current battery is one level deep and is pretty thin.

This car is smaller than a Model 3, though, and the 3 can only fit <80kwh.

Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by thebluehawk »

_ea1k wrote: post #26

I would really love to know how they are getting such a large battery capacity in a vehicle of this size. Is this a generational leap in energy density? What kind of materials are being used here?

My brother pointed out that other Tesla cars (even the semi they announced) have a "front trunk". This one's hood is seamless. Our theory is that under the entire front hood is batteries.

Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by Blazespinnaker »

hu3 wrote: post #69

0-60 mph in 1.9 sec This might sound really stupid. But isn't performing such acceleration on a daily basis close to the limit of harming one's health? I mean micro concussions for example. Really curious because that acceleration is amazing!

You'd probably go through tires before you'd hurt yourself.

Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by rippsu »

ardit33 wrote: post #17

The Tesla roadster specs are insane! No exotic carmaker will be able to match it (taking price as a consideration). (no Ferrari, or Lambo, can get that close. This is Formula 1 acceleration speeds). Plus 620 miles of range, and it is a 4 seater. Expensive as hell, but this is exotic car territory. Base Specs Acceleration 0-60 mph1.9 sec Acceleration 0-100 mph4.2 sec Acceleration 1/4 mile8.8 sec Top SpeedOver 250 mph…

this is just the base model

Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by Animats »

samhunta wrote: post #58
Animats wrote: post #23

Does this mean that Tesla is pivoting from their attempt to produce a medium-priced car in quantity and going back to hand-building high-end cars? Tesla is good at high-end, low volume products. But the Model 3 production fiasco shows they don't know how to do what Detroit and Wolfsburg and Toyota City do. This is in a way a step backwards. Tesla is going back to targeting the 1%. There are lots of little supercar co…

Toyota owns Lexus, Ford had Jaguar and Land Rover, Hyundai owns Genesis, Volkswagon has Bentley, Fiat owns Ferrari. Just like other car manufacturers, Tesla does it all. edit: Ford didn't start Jaguar.

Tesla doesn't run a volume production line. All the major players have production lines that make about one car a minute. Tesla isn't able to play in the big leagues until they can do that.

Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by 0xbear »

ardit33 wrote: post #17

The Tesla roadster specs are insane! No exotic carmaker will be able to match it (taking price as a consideration). (no Ferrari, or Lambo, can get that close. This is Formula 1 acceleration speeds). Plus 620 miles of range, and it is a 4 seater. Expensive as hell, but this is exotic car territory. Base Specs Acceleration 0-60 mph1.9 sec Acceleration 0-100 mph4.2 sec Acceleration 1/4 mile8.8 sec Top SpeedOver 250 mph…

Too bad it can’t maintain that performance for any extended period of time. Battery is known to overheat if you drive it too hard.
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