Accelerating Tesla Roadster Signature 250 (100% Full Electric Sportscar) [Autogespot - Carspotting]

Tesla Roadster Signature 250 accelerating very fast (100% Full Electric Sportscar) [Autogespot - Carspotting]

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The Roadster's 0 to 60 mph (0--97 km/h) acceleration time is 3.9 seconds for the Standard Model and 3.7 seconds for the 2010 Sport Model. MotorTrend, which performed the first independent instrumented testing of the Roadster Sport, confirmed the company's reported 0 to 60 mph time of 3.7 seconds (MotorTrend recorded 0 to 60 mph of 3.70 seconds; it recorded a quarter-mile test at 12.6 sec @ 102.6 mph).[67] The top speed is electronically limited to 125 mph (201 km/h). The Roadster covers the quarter-mile drag strip in 12.757 seconds at 104.74 mph (168.56 km/h).[68] It weighs about 2,700 lb (1,200 kg) and is rear wheel drive; most of the car's weight is centered in front of the rear axle. Its body style and smooth underbody result in a Cd of 0.35.[69]

Tesla began delivering the higher performance Sport version of the Roadster in July 2009. The Roadster Sport has adjustable dampers and a new hand-wound motor, capable of 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in 3.7 seconds.[70] Scotty Pollacheck, a high-performance driver for Killacycle, drove a 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport at the Wayland Invitational Drag Race in Portland, Ore., in July 2009. He did a quarter-mile (~400 m) in dry conditions in 12.643 seconds, setting a new record in the National Electric Drag Racing Association among the SP/A3 class of vehicles.[71]

The EPA combined range (specifying distance traveled between charges) measured in February 2008 for early production Roadsters was 231 mi (372 km) city, 224 mi (360 km) highway, and 227 mi (365 km) combined (city/highway). In August 2008, additional testing with the newer Powertrain 1.5 resulted in an EPA combined range of 244 mi (393 km). The vehicle set a new distance record when it completed the 241-mile (388 km) Rallye Monte Carlo d'Energies Alternatives with 36 miles (58 km) left on the charge.

Simon Hackett and Emilis Prelgauskas broke the distance record for an electric vehicle, driving 501 km (311 miles) from Alice Springs to Marla, South Australia, in Simon's Tesla Roadster.

Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Roadster

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[javaexcel]

what's the timing for 0-60 in reverse? :)

[DerOllie]

@javaexcel The same as forward? :P

[greatplanesman]

@DerOllie Wrong, it's limited to 15mph.

[DerOllie]

@greatplanesman My reaction was not serious, hence the ":P", but ok, i understand its limited...

[tvoice1]

I love the sound

[DerOllie]

@tvoice1 Haha, how could you love the sound? It sounds like a vacuum cleaner... Ok ill admit, when accelerating the car sounds electric :P

[Arkstrikle]

sure this runs great at -40c



[teamtoken]

i think its running an akrapovic stealth exhaust

[72mharris]

People are afraid of electric cars.

[tsport100]

The cooling fan noise is HUGE!

[Radio986f]

Sound like an RC car XD

[rubikfan1]

i think that within 50years, the fastest production car will be an electric car

[uazification]

silent but deadly!

[fantax929]

The car is silent perfect for your music!