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Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by sooheon »

paganel wrote: post #258
0xbear wrote: post #123

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It’s physics, there’s no way around it. You expend a ton of energy——battery heats up. Without massive radiators there’s nowhere for that heat to go.

You get voted down by people who just want to believe stuff, physics be damned. Doesn't matter that the same exact thing happens to the existing S models which manage a more than decent 0-to-60 performance on paper (they're in the same league with the Lambos and the Ferraris), but because of those damned physics I don't think that any of them actually completed a Nurburgring lap (that's ~7 km driving the S model like…

Really? Are you saying 7 mins of hard driving will render it literally unable to continue?

Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by puranjay »

nepotism2018 wrote: post #269

I'm hoping they actually tested that 250mph+...I'm no expert but that car looks bit too light and short to do that speed...can't see how it will stick to the road...unlessssss...they want it to fly away :)

I'm no engineer, but if you generate enough lift with some add-on wings, will this thing go airborn?

Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by puranjay »

erik_seaberg wrote: post #121
thebluehawk wrote: post #83

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As a Tesla Model S owner, you really don't need to fill your car in minutes. It's a totally different (but not bad) mindset. Every morning my car is full, because I plug it in in my garage. So if I don't go more than 260 miles that day, it's plugged in the next night. It doesn't matter that it takes a few hours. My gas car was just sitting in the garage each night anyway doing nothing. How many hours does your car si…

I've never had a private garage, much less a locked one I could rewire. If Tesla wants to go mainstream they need to handle apartment parking.

There is plenty of incentive for landlords to install charging points in apartment parking. Landlords who do that can lay claim to being "environment friendly" and add a $100 extra to rent, which people will pay because, well, who wouldn't want to be environment friendly?

Honestly, electric cars are sitting in a cultural spot from where they can't lose. You can make all the arguments in the world that electric cars have the same or worse carbon footprint as gas cars, but the public at large is convinced that "gas = bad", "electric = solar = good".

Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by u02sgb »

paganel wrote: post #258
0xbear wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s physics, there’s no way around it. You expend a ton of energy——battery heats up. Without massive radiators there’s nowhere for that heat to go.

You get voted down by people who just want to believe stuff, physics be damned. Doesn't matter that the same exact thing happens to the existing S models which manage a more than decent 0-to-60 performance on paper (they're in the same league with the Lambos and the Ferraris), but because of those damned physics I don't think that any of them actually completed a Nurburgring lap (that's ~7 km driving the S model like…

Perhaps getting down downvoted by people who expect Tesla may have thought about this. I remember reading the overheating was due to the regenerative braking trying to push power back into the battery so it was getting hard charged and discharged constantly and you couldn't switch off the charging. The bigger battery may be so you can switch off the regenerative braking.

Re: Tesla Roadster

#286

Post by u02sgb »

Devthrowaway80 wrote: post #224
jacobush wrote: post #220

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yet.

I await Tesla's foray into serious racing with bated breath. I'm sure Porsche and Audi are terrified. If they gave a shit about developing actual performance EVs, I'd expect them to be in Formula E, but they're not. BMW, Audi, Mercedes and Porsche are.

Perhaps they're focusing on other things? Motorsport has always been about advertising, maybe they don't see an advantage in that at this time.

Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by convery »

I'm curious about the claim that it fits 4. Because my friend has a late 90's firebird that while having 4 seats, it's clearly made for children / teens. So any information if the backseats in this model is made for adults?

Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by Tempest1981 »

CodeWriter23 wrote: post #253
erik_seaberg wrote: post #121

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I've never had a private garage, much less a locked one I could rewire. If Tesla wants to go mainstream they need to handle apartment parking.

One of my neighbors runs an extension cord across the sidewalk to his plug-in Prius. Not sure if he has a surveillance cam trained on it or not.

A few neighbors have had their outdoor chargers stolen. A visible camera is a good deterrent.

Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by 0xbear »

sooheon wrote: post #281
paganel wrote: post #258

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You get voted down by people who just want to believe stuff, physics be damned. Doesn't matter that the same exact thing happens to the existing S models which manage a more than decent 0-to-60 performance on paper (they're in the same league with the Lambos and the Ferraris), but because of those damned physics I don't think that any of them actually completed a Nurburgring lap (that's ~7 km driving the S model like…

Really? Are you saying 7 mins of hard driving will render it literally unable to continue?

https://insideevs.com/expected-tesla-model-s-fails-lap-nurbu.... Not “unable to continue” perhaps, but unable to deliver a sports car-like performance.

Re: Tesla Roadster

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Post by pja »

sooheon wrote: post #281
paganel wrote: post #258

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You get voted down by people who just want to believe stuff, physics be damned. Doesn't matter that the same exact thing happens to the existing S models which manage a more than decent 0-to-60 performance on paper (they're in the same league with the Lambos and the Ferraris), but because of those damned physics I don't think that any of them actually completed a Nurburgring lap (that's ~7 km driving the S model like…

Really? Are you saying 7 mins of hard driving will render it literally unable to continue?

The S will go into reduced power mode after 7 minutes of track grade driving: https://jalopnik.com/heres-what-a-tesla-model-s-can-do-aroun...

It’s not a track car...what do people expect?

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