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Tesla’s Model S Gets “Ludicrous” Mode, Will Do 0-60 in 2.8 Seconds

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Re: Tesla’s Model S Gets “Ludicrous” Mode, Will Do 0-60 in 2.8 Seconds

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Post by RowanH »

DanBlake wrote: post #16
dxhdr wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're very similar, 2.8 vs 2.9 is not that big of a deal. The GT-R NISMO is perhaps even faster but again, fairly similar. Regardless these are expensive cars (>$100k) with impressive performance no doubt. It's worth pointing out that the Tesla P85D is not the only 100k car with that performance available.

What are the other cars in the price range that can do these 0-60 and 1/4 miles times? Genuinely curious- I didnt think there were many even within .5 seconds of it (most start at 3.5 0-60's)

"Track day toys". Eg Caterham 620R, Ariel Atom 3.5r. I've got something very similar to a 620R, animal machines. Absolute animals. Stripped down, no creature comforts, really for one thing only...

Re: Tesla’s Model S Gets “Ludicrous” Mode, Will Do 0-60 in 2.8 Seconds

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Post by larrys »

liamk wrote: post #3

Amazing, that's as fast as the Lamborghini Aventador https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Aventador

Note that 0 to 60 is not always what matters.

I have a Porsche Macan S (small SUV) which has 0 to 60 times in the 5 second range. But the acceleration from 50 to 95 (the point that your realize you are going to fast) feels almost split second.

The 2012 911 that I had had much better 0 to 60 times (in the 4's) but even with a 7 speed manual transmission didn't have the kick that the Macan has at the upper end. [1] (And it's really pretty neat to hit the gas and in an instant be practically at 100 miles per hour. Helps greatly with passing truck..)

Likewise if you take a test drive in a Cayman S which has better 0 to 60 than a Macan S it feels quite frankly like a "pig". I had a brand new loaner [2] and drove one for about 100 miles and went to town with it.

Lastly, engine noise is pretty cool at least the way I have experienced it.

[1] Generally you are going to do more accelerating once you get to 40 mph than you are from a stoplight at least that is what I have found.

[2] Side note I have found that with the Porsches that I have bought they do get better once they are broken in (2k to 4k miles..)

Re: Tesla’s Model S Gets “Ludicrous” Mode, Will Do 0-60 in 2.8 Seconds

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Post by outworlder »

myth_buster wrote: post #27

Tesla's seems to be beating a dead horse! Don't get me wrong; I love what Tesla does but making a faster production car seems to be an answer to the critics who I think have already taken home the message that the electric car is as fast as the best IC car! I think what they should address is getting out the affordable Model 3 as fast to the market as they can. They may loose the game if the incumbents beat them to i…

Should that happen, my guess is that they would be quite happy to sell their batteries to everyone else.

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Post by devy »

devy wrote: post #30

It's a $10k upgrade, not cheap! I wonder which Ludacris song[1] was the hold music looping before today's Tesla press conference call... [1] http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/17/8994519/tesla-ludicrous-sp...

Ok, I found it myself. It's "Beast Mode"! [1]

[1] http://www.wired.com/2015/07/guess-elons-ludacris-fan/

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Post by johncolanduoni »

pbreit wrote: post #20
outworlder wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What you are missing is that it's a 1500A fuse. Source: http://jalopnik.com/the-tesla-model-s-just-got-upgraded-to-l... > While working on our goal of making the power train last a million miles, we came up with the idea for an advanced smart fuse for the battery. Instead of a standard fuse that just melts past a certain amperage, which means you aren’t exactly sure when it will or won’t melt or if it will arc when i…

What a fantastic read! I wonder if they get any tech or materials from SpaceX?

Hopefully once they iron out the kinks in space travel they can release it to the Tesla with a software upgrade, or maybe an even better fuse!

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Post by cromwellian »

myth_buster wrote: post #27

Tesla's seems to be beating a dead horse! Don't get me wrong; I love what Tesla does but making a faster production car seems to be an answer to the critics who I think have already taken home the message that the electric car is as fast as the best IC car! I think what they should address is getting out the affordable Model 3 as fast to the market as they can. They may loose the game if the incumbents beat them to i…

I'm pretty sure they're working as hard as possible on that, but the key to reducing the costs is the battery packs and that won't happen until gigafactory comes online. Other manufacturers will face the same cost issues but won't own their own gigafactory

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Post by astrodust »

outworlder wrote: post #10
leeoniya wrote: post #2

so it's a fuse that costs $5k or $10k. is it made from 5oz-10oz of solid platinum? what am i missing here [1]? [1] http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3D...

What you are missing is that it's a 1500A fuse. Source: http://jalopnik.com/the-tesla-model-s-just-got-upgraded-to-l... > While working on our goal of making the power train last a million miles, we came up with the idea for an advanced smart fuse for the battery. Instead of a standard fuse that just melts past a certain amperage, which means you aren’t exactly sure when it will or won’t melt or if it will arc when i…

At high levels of current it takes pretty drastic measures to break the circuit. Even if the conductor melts away you can still have arcing, turning the air into plasma and a replacement conductor.

Kind of nuts that they had to account for that in a car.

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