Drag Racing Tesla Roadster (4 in a row)

Pacific Raceways 8/7/09: Four Tesla Roadsters in a row in the right lane racing ICE cars at a 1/4 mile

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Tesla
• Roadster
• EV

[3rdMayhem]

It comes better: EVs can last slonger cuz they have almost no moving parts and a way simpler transmission (2 gears) so they also dont depreciate so much like gas cars and u save repair costs.

Even better: buying the car now and upgrade it by buyin a new battery in 5-6 years that will probably give a range of 500 miles. I say: sweeeeeet investment!

[xxitalia12xx]

no it takes 3 hours to charge up if u have a 240 volt charge station WHICH is recommended. in the new Model S car (which comes out 2011) it has a 300 mile range which is awesome since the average driver goes less than 40 miles a day. The new Model S can charge in 45 minutes and they are building replacement battery stations in case u have to go on long trips.

[stilkus]

@35speedracer1 correction, they had to add another gear as the older 1 gear tesla had transmission wear problems .. imagine all that torque starting 1rpm delivered to only 1 gear.. so it's a 2 gear now .

[35speedracer1]

@3rdMayhem the roadster only has one gear

[jyocomopc]

the beauty of an electric motor, capable of higher rpm than a traditional combustion engine without blowing up, allows you to get more out of each gear without worrying about redlining.

[merulzlot]

@skisail No, electricity IS electrical energy, solar power IS solar energy.

Not the same thing.

[skisail]

@tuugfo solar power generates electricity, therefore solar power IS electricity.

[midflder92]

@celciuszero i checked several places and even tesla claims a max of only 295 lb ft from 0-5000 rpm

[celciuszero]

@midflder92 The point being that by the time it hits 8 mph, it's producing more torque than pretty much any other car will ever make

[midflder92]

@celciuszero 2200 lb's of torque is useless at 8 mph

[midflder92]

@blaxpear so 100,000 dollars is a great value for a car i can beat in my 30,000 dollar mustang? also, i would advise you to take some engineering classes before you call today's petrol engines stoneage

[tuugfo]

i hate electric cars, they dont make sounds, electricity is not the future, natural gas or solar powered maybe but i just think gas engines with higher effeiciency are better!