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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).
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Unlimited torque on demand. As much as you and your drive train can handle.
I’m waiting for Freeper EV bashers to try one out and get the “insane mode” experience in full.
Where’s the Asian?
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I didn’t think Tesla could do it.
This should shut up EV scoffers who insist EV are nothing more than glorified golf carts.
Clearly, they are now capable of competing with the best CCE cars in the world.
I have no problem believing that the car can deliver an enormous amount of torque to the wheels. When I worked in a pulp and paper plant, one of the big tree movers we had at the plant was a French machine that had on board diesel generators that fed four big electric motors directly imbedded in the wheels. The diesels also ran the hydraulic tree claws that held a buttload of trunks to be moved around the yard. Tremendous torque and controllability, frankly.
My question is how many times can it do it? For how long of a run? And how much time does it take to recharge it once it’s been run through the drain of such an ordeal with a hot battery pack.
“This should shut up EV scoffers”
Given that the P85D starts at $120,000 dollars, I somehow doubt it’s going to have much impact on auto sales, EV or otherwise.
People won’t buy the car for speed but the fact it can go startlingly fast demolishes the notion that EV aren’t practical cars to drive.
They definitely are and can deliver more if needed.
Isn’t that whole point in owning a car?
And it wouldn’t be too long before “trickle down” technology will deliver this benefit to EV for the masses.
I have a well-off acquaintance who bought a Tesla S because it was very quick. I asked him about how far he could go on a charge. He said, “They say 200, but the way I drive... 80”.
Not quite yet.
Every innovation started out very expensive.
With Murphy Law and further cuts in development costs, you will see this technology appear in mainstream EVs by the end of the decade.
Two things:
I want to see a re-run of the race with the Hellcat. In the original, the Hellcat driver went past the stage, and was trying to reset when the Tesla driver launched; he tried to recover but it was obvious the Hellcat guy was caught off-guard.
I want to see the Tesla against one of the AWD Porsches. The Hellcat might have 700hp, but it’s still RWD only, and it takes more practice to launch. The various AWD Porsches manage 0-60 times in the low 3s to upper 2s.
In real life, no one drives that fast.
That said, its a very nice car, solidly built up there on a level with luxury German sedans.
Given the price tag, I would expect nothing less than for Tesla to deliver a superb car.
They’ve succeeded.
They are FAST. A friend took me for a white-knuckle ride in one.
Sure all it takes is a bunch of govt money and an atrocious environmental impact.
That's funny. That's really funny.
By the way, have you driven one?
Before I retired, I drove 130 miles round trip every day down the entire length of I-575 to work, in weather that went from very hot summers to sometimes very frigid temperatures in an unheated garage.
If any one of these manufacturers would have GUARANTEED I could make it to work and back any day I tried and it could be charged overnight from a 120VAC plug at night, I might have considered one. None did, none will.
I used to see a Honda EV on the same road for about a year....then it suddenly disappeared from my daily spotting of cars I recognized.
That said. I’m not against them for moderate and regular driving that doesn’t stress the limit of EV capability in an urban type environment, but that’s not me.
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