All new Tesla Roadster unveiled!! 0-60mph 1.9 seconds!!
#91
Lexus Test Driver
It isn't "free" but really cheap.
There are over 100 fast charging stations in Quebec and Eastern Ontario, which cost C$0.16/minute or if you do the normal charging it be C$0.02/min. At home charging in Quebec is like $0.1026/kwh.
There are over 100 fast charging stations in Quebec and Eastern Ontario, which cost C$0.16/minute or if you do the normal charging it be C$0.02/min. At home charging in Quebec is like $0.1026/kwh.
#92
SpaceX option package for 2020 Tesla Roadster
Elon Musk says 'crazy' option will out-perform traditional cars 'in every way'
Seems a detail escaped our story on Tesla's Annual Shareholder Meeting last week. Company CEO Elon Musk said the Roadster and semi introduced last year are merely the base versions, and that their production units would offer more performance. Concerning the open-top, Musk said, "What we unveiled with the Roadster was the base model performance. It's going to have a SpaceX options package. It's crazy."
The comment adds more detail to a few tweets Musk wrote in November last year, one saying, "There will be a special option package that takes it to the next level." Following tweets added, "Not saying the next gen Roadster special upgrade package *will* definitely enable it to fly short hops, but maybe ...," and, "Certainly possible. Just a question of safety. Rocket tech applied to a car opens up revolutionary possibilities."
Some believe the SpaceX package could be no more than special badging and the Midnight Cherry color matching the Roadster Musk recently sent into space. However, the betting line leans heavily toward an even more potent Roadster. We've already been promised a 0-60 mile-per-hour time of 1.9 seconds - likely using the four-seater's Plaid Mode, a quarter-mile time of 8.8 seconds, a top speed beyond 250 mph, and 620 miles of range on a single charge. That's hypercar performance for around $200,000 to $250,000, less than one-sixth the usual hypercar price.
Yet Musk wants no question about the Roadster's superiority, telling the audience at the shareholder's meeting, "It's important for us to show with the Roadster that an electric vehicle can outperform a gasoline car in every way. Because gasoline cars still have sort of a halo effect, and I think if we can show an electric car can outperform a gasoline car in every way, then we sort of get rid of that halo effect of gasoline cars."
The comment adds more detail to a few tweets Musk wrote in November last year, one saying, "There will be a special option package that takes it to the next level." Following tweets added, "Not saying the next gen Roadster special upgrade package *will* definitely enable it to fly short hops, but maybe ...," and, "Certainly possible. Just a question of safety. Rocket tech applied to a car opens up revolutionary possibilities."
Some believe the SpaceX package could be no more than special badging and the Midnight Cherry color matching the Roadster Musk recently sent into space. However, the betting line leans heavily toward an even more potent Roadster. We've already been promised a 0-60 mile-per-hour time of 1.9 seconds - likely using the four-seater's Plaid Mode, a quarter-mile time of 8.8 seconds, a top speed beyond 250 mph, and 620 miles of range on a single charge. That's hypercar performance for around $200,000 to $250,000, less than one-sixth the usual hypercar price.
Yet Musk wants no question about the Roadster's superiority, telling the audience at the shareholder's meeting, "It's important for us to show with the Roadster that an electric vehicle can outperform a gasoline car in every way. Because gasoline cars still have sort of a halo effect, and I think if we can show an electric car can outperform a gasoline car in every way, then we sort of get rid of that halo effect of gasoline cars."
#93
Lexus Fanatic
On that claimed 1.9 second figure to 60, if so, that's some G-load not only on the car, but also on the driver and passengers. It's more or less, but not exactly, equivalent to being in an aircraft shot off the deck of an aircraft carrier on a steam catapult. Naval aviators have to train long and hard to withstand that kind of force without graying out or losing partial consciousness.
Last edited by mmarshall; 06-09-18 at 12:33 PM.
#94
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iTrader: (20)
yes i am concerned a bit with that sort of acceleration in 'amateur' hands...
#97
On that claimed 1.9 second figure to 60, if so, that's some G-load not only on the car, but also on the driver and passengers. It's more or less, but not exactly, equivalent to being in an aircraft shot off the deck of an aircraft carrier on a steam catapult. Naval aviators have to train long and hard to withstand that kind of force without graying out or losing partial consciousness.
https://jalopnik.com/the-fastest-0-6...ive-1792093851
Last edited by ydooby; 06-09-18 at 01:17 PM.
#98
Lexus Fanatic
Jalopnik did a good article on this topic, and if its conclusion is anything to go by, doing 0-60 in 1.9 seconds, which translates to 1.49g of G-force, would not be even remotely close to making a person pass out, especially since it's only for such a short period of time. Roller coasters, for example, can provide up to 6g for normal people to enjoy.
https://jalopnik.com/the-fastest-0-6...ive-1792093851
https://jalopnik.com/the-fastest-0-6...ive-1792093851
#99
After using my glc 350e for two months, I found electric motor is capable to do faster on 0-60, BUT it drains the battery at an unbelievable rate, for example, if a electric car/suv is rated for 100 miles range, if the driver drive it like a sports car, he may not be able to go back home safely.
I was open to get a tesla before, I'm now changed my mind.
I was open to get a tesla before, I'm now changed my mind.
Last edited by sears1234; 06-09-18 at 10:38 PM. Reason: Typo
#100
After using my glc 350e for two months, I found electric motor is capable to do faster on 0-60, BUT it drains the battery at an unbelievable rate, for example, if a electric car/suv is rated for 100 miles range, if the driver drive it like a sports car, he may not be able to go back home safely.
I was open to get a tesla before, I'm now changed my mind.
I was open to get a tesla before, I'm now changed my mind.
#101
I just use GLC 350e as an example oh how fast the battery will be drained, and how much mileage it lost comparing the spec number if a battery car want to drive like a sports one.
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