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BYD builds fastest car

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Re: BYD builds fastest car

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Post by crummy »

lossolo wrote: post #56
jansan wrote: post #19

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Seven minutes for the Nordschleife? Sabine Schmitz could have done that with a van. But honestly, ther are a Lot of production cars that went considerably faster. And the non-production Porsche 919 Hybrid EVO did it in 5:19, which is an entirely different league.

> Porsche 919 Hybrid EVO did it in 5:19 If anyone hasn't seen this, I highly recommend it, even if you're not a car fan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQmSUHhP3ug

what is "boost"? my car does not have that

Re: BYD builds fastest car

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Post by ryandrake »

fragmede wrote: post #95
hackernewds wrote: post #89

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By dinosaur companies, you mean Tesla and Elon Musk

Which is even more embarrassing, because they're miles ahead of the carmakers that came before them.

The time separating Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Rex is greater than the time separating T. Rex from modern-day humans. Dinosaurs are dinosaurs but yes, Chrysler is from an even more ancient time than Tesla.

Re: BYD builds fastest car

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Post by fragmede »

DangitBobby wrote: post #97
fragmede wrote: post #95

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Which is even more embarrassing, because they're miles ahead of the carmakers that came before them.

Not really

which is an entirely fine opinion, but would you mind using more words so our readers have something more to engage with?

Re: BYD builds fastest car

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Post by fragmede »

linsomniac wrote: post #98
tim333 wrote: post #20

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There was quite an interesting youtube from Engineering Explained speculating it had enough power to do 400 mph. There may have been other constraints limiting things like the tyres being safe and apparently the battery only has capacity for 2 mins at full power, plus bits may overheat and the like. ( https://youtu.be/z6q7du1q2U8 ) It's also interesting that the fastest time on the Nürburgring at 5 min 19 was from a…

>the battery only has capacity for 2 mins at full power "The tires on the Veyron can only last 15 minutes at top speed, but that's ok because the fuel tank only has capacity for 7 minutes at top speed." (From memory, IIRC, Top Gear on the Veyron)

https://youtu.be/jk1t6S737Cs?t=393

> the tires will only last for about 15 minutes but it's okay because the fuel runs out in 12 minutes

Re: BYD builds fastest car

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Post by apwell23 »

nine_zeros wrote: post #92
hackernewds wrote: post #89

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By dinosaur companies, you mean Tesla and Elon Musk

At this point, a byd is a far superior car for the price. You should test drive one when you get a chance to escape North Korea, er, I mean America.

i did. its poor quality like tesla.

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Post by mkl »

bdangubic wrote: post #91
hackernewds wrote: post #89

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By dinosaur companies, you mean Tesla and Elon Musk

dinosaur would be a compliment for tesla which designs/releases one new car every decade (each delayed by a decade from initial release date) :)

They've released 6 models in the 22 years since founding (not counting Semi).

Re: BYD builds fastest car

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Post by gruez »

bdangubic wrote: post #91
hackernewds wrote: post #89

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By dinosaur companies, you mean Tesla and Elon Musk

dinosaur would be a compliment for tesla which designs/releases one new car every decade (each delayed by a decade from initial release date) :)

>dinosaur would be a compliment for tesla which designs/releases one new car every decade

...because they don't do model years? Most cars are like that too, except they increment the model year annually, whether or not there are substantive changes.

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