Posted on 01/28/2015 12:57:48 PM PST by LogicDesigner
Many Tesla fans and electric-car drivers now know about the Model S P85D, Tesla's all-wheel-drive electric car that's arguably the fastest four-door sedan on the market.
What most of them likely don't know is just what the car's ultimate performance mode, called "Insane," actually feels like.
Now there's a video out from Drag Times that shows how astoundingly, jaw-dropping, amazingly, startlingly, incredibly insane the Insane mode actually is.
NOTE: Video is NSFW, has rude words (delivered in tones of shock, horror, awe, amazement, and joy).
With 1.3 million views in three days, the reactions to Drag Times CEO Brooks Weisblat's demonstration of standing-start acceleration pretty much speak for themselves (above).
(Excerpt) Read more at greencarreports.com ...
“And btw with a little Business 101 lesson for you”
I had Business 101 in 1965.
“And btw, before calling someone a liar you really ought to do a little more research,”
WTF! I gave you their official earnings. Black and White and you still argue. Sleep on it.
Too bad you didn't learn anything. Did you even click the link I added that very clearly said
“Too bad you didn’t learn anything. Did you even click the link I added that very clearly said
MUSK HIMSELF COMMENTED THAT TESLA WOULD NOT BE PROFITABLE UNTIL 2020
Is reading comprehension that hard for you? “
I gave you their official earnings and the link. Can’t you comprehend an earnings report?
<>This should shut up EV scoffers who insist EV are nothing more than glorified golf carts.<>
Okay, extended range golf carts.
Please answer the question instead of weaving.
Diesel-electric locomotives have been doing exactly that for decades.
Well, it all depends on how much you are paying per kWh. Regardless, it most definitely is for “at-speed driving” if we are talking about EPA rated highway miles. If you are talking about stop-and-go driving it goes from being remotely comparable to completely blowing it out of the water.
Obviously the sweet spot for electric efficiency is at lower speeds. But even when comparing at higher speeds, which is the sweet spot for gasoline vehicles, electric still costs less.
“I understand earnings reports very well. EPS doesn’t always translate to profitability. I guess you didn’t learn that in 1965 Business 101.”
If the earnings are positive, you are making money. If they are negative, you are losing money.
Tesla reported positive earnings and their guidance is for over 35 cents per share earnings this quarter.
P.S. I have read that the Army has been experimenting with a diesel-electric semi for awhile.
Ultimately it is a semantic issue. What matters is that Tesla is in its growth phase and is thus investing all its would-be profits into growth expenses, like SuperChargers and the GigaFactory.
You obviously do not have the ability to answer a direct question no matter how large and bolded the text is. I give up, you are pathetic.
“You obviously do not have the ability to answer a direct question no matter how large and bolded the text is. I give up, you are pathetic.”
You obviously have completely ignored my post and link to their OFFICIAL EARNINGS ...
BTW...
Savings from charging an electric car up at the 'free' charging station and using the electric at home: 16 usable kw-hr Nissan Leaf $2.40/day $75/mo $900/yr
36 usable Kw-hr Tesla Roadster $5.40/day $162/mo $1964/yr
I'm surprised ecar fans don't mention this great advantage!
If one already had a solar set-up one wouldn't even have to buy an inverter... heck, you could sell it back to the utility!
(@15cents/kwh.)
Two trips a day would be double!
I know some pensioner some where is doing this now LOL!
Well, I'm not at all enamored with the idea of a battery powered car, but I do like the electric drivetrain.
My proposal is to lose the battery pack and replace it with big capacitors and a small but capable powerplant to keep them charged, or to be able to directly power the motors for continuous high speed or multiple bursts of acceleration (hence the turbo). The capacitors can charge very quickly.
The desired result would be a unit with Tesla-like performance, and a car that would never need a battery pack, nor run out of juice-AND-get respectable fuel mileage. Not to mention last a good long while.
Where did I say I would be? I would simply replace the battery-pack with capacitors.
if that gas engine isn’t putting out the torque the electric motor isn’t getting any either.
And why wouldn't it be? I'm sure a 2L turbo gas or diesel would do the job, maybe even smaller.
I'm not talking about a battery powered car, but rather electric propulsion.
“My proposal is to lose the battery pack and replace it with big capacitors “
Capacitors lose voltage linearly as they discharge.
Capacitors would be much larger than batteries.
Capacitors would be much more expensive.
Tesla profit by 2020.
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