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Tesla Model S P85D 'Insane' Mode: NSFW Video Shows How Insane It Really Is
Green Car Reports ^ | January 28, 2015 | John Voelcker

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 ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: electriccar; electriccars; ev; tesla
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To: envisio

If you’re rich, you can afford to own several cars.

Some people do collect cars.


61 posted on 01/28/2015 1:41:49 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

Me either. I am happy as a lark in my 10 year old pickup. And my dog likes riding in it too.


62 posted on 01/28/2015 1:43:07 PM PST by envisio (Its on like Donkey Kong!)
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To: goldstategop

“——no one drives that fast.” Maybe not in your convent/monkery but here in the Greart Wild West it’s Big Block hammer-down time more often than not. When it’s 130 miles between gas pumps Reliability and range are most important and speed is great also.


63 posted on 01/28/2015 1:46:05 PM PST by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: goldstategop

I was quoting someone else.


64 posted on 01/28/2015 1:46:08 PM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: LogicDesigner
It will be interesting how long investors will keep pumping money into this dog. Musk has already admitted that Tesla won't be turning the corner for a profit until after 2020.

Anyone out their interested in sending the boy money for 4-5 years with a 0% return? /s

65 posted on 01/28/2015 1:46:40 PM PST by catfish1957 (Everything I needed to know about Islam was written on 11 Sep 2001)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
“Range is still a problem. You can’t just jump into any electric car and drive 500 miles in one day.”

Maybe not any electric car, but with its 285 mile range, the car in the video can do it as long as you are willing to make a 40 minute pit stop. Who is going to drive for seven hours and not stop for a bite to eat? Tesla has Superchargers dotting the interstate (click the link and scroll down) that charge the car to 80% in 40 minutes. With one such stop you could drive over 500 miles in a day.

Furthermore, the supercharger stations are being upgraded from 120 kW to 135 kW so that people can get more juice in a shorter period of time.

66 posted on 01/28/2015 1:46:43 PM PST by LogicDesigner
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To: TexasGator

The nearest station is 100 miles from my house.


67 posted on 01/28/2015 1:46:49 PM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: LogicDesigner

Okay, but I still can’t afford a Tesla.


68 posted on 01/28/2015 1:53:10 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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To: TexasGator
“As far as recharging, you can go to a Tesla Supercharger station and get an 80% charge in 30 minutes, or 50% in 20 minutes.” —LD

“You forgot to mention how much that would cost ...” —TexasGator

Oh yea, it's free! Also, I made a mistake, it is 80% in 40 minutes, not 30 minutes.

69 posted on 01/28/2015 1:53:26 PM PST by LogicDesigner
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To: WayneS
11.6 sec 1/4 mile is quite quick

Yeah, I used to routinely pull 10.8s @ 135 or so in my 928. I think it was actually quicker 60-130 than 0-60. I'm pretty sure there were others that were faster. I saw a guy who drove his 928 to the track towing a trailer full of his race wheels...

Man, I want another. I like it lots better than modern muscle cars.

70 posted on 01/28/2015 1:54:56 PM PST by no-s (when democracy is displaced by tyranny, the armed citizen still gets to vote)
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To: Gaffer; goldstategop; bigtoona; cripplecreek; skeeter; LogicDesigner; driftdiver; WayneS; ...

Why can’t they just build a electric motor-driven AWD car with a small turbo-4cyl, one big battery for starting the gas engine, and as an “electric spring” for the drive motors...and use a bunch of large capacitors for acceleration?

No battery pack...no charging, best of both worlds.

I think their using electric motors as a “transmission” as they do in hybrids, is brilliant.


71 posted on 01/28/2015 1:56:05 PM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: catfish1957

“It will be interesting how long investors will keep pumping money into this dog. Musk has already admitted that Tesla won’t be turning the corner for a profit until after 2020.”

Obviously you are biased since you keep repeating that lie.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102152079#.

Tesla posted earnings that beat expectations on Wednesday but the electric car maker sharply lowered its fourth-quarter guidance to 30 to 35 cents a share on fewer-than-expected Model S deliveries for the year.

Analysts had expected fourth-quarter earnings guidance of about 75 cents a share.

Shares spiked more than 8 percent on the third-quarter results in after-hours trade.

The company posted third-quarter earnings per share of 2 cents a share, compared to 12 cents per share in the year-earlier period.


72 posted on 01/28/2015 2:01:29 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
“Why can’t they just build a electric motor-driven AWD car with a small turbo-4cyl, one big battery for starting the gas engine, and as an ‘electric spring’ for the drive motors...and use a bunch of large capacitors for acceleration? No battery pack...no charging, best of both worlds. I think their using electric motors as a ‘transmission’ as they do in hybrids, is brilliant.”

Well electricity is a lot cheaper than gasoline, so in a car like the Chevy Volt or Nissan Leaf, the price premium for the battery can pay for itself over time (although it will take longer now due to the drop in gas prices... but those are probably temporary).

With a Volt you also have that gas engine & tank built in so that it turns into a regular gas car after the battery is depleted.

73 posted on 01/28/2015 2:01:45 PM PST by LogicDesigner
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To: skeeter
Unlimited torque on demand.

Nothing new!

Some years back the Audi 5000s had 'uncontrollable acceleration'!

Many parking lots refused them for fear the driver would lose control!!

They were that fast!

74 posted on 01/28/2015 2:02:09 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT (BINGO!)
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To: LogicDesigner
My first diesel was a bit bigger than a Ford Focus and yet had an engine that produced 425 ft lbs of torque.There are *Ferraris* that don't have that much torque.Yet it got about 40mpg on the Interstate and had a 600 mile range as well.Keep you Teslas...I'll stay with diesel.
75 posted on 01/28/2015 2:02:42 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama;America's First "Third World" President)
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To: LogicDesigner

For those short commutes that these toys are stated to be designed for, the roads won’t support such speeds or acceleration. So, who cares how fast 0-60 is when they won’t have the opportunity to do it?


76 posted on 01/28/2015 2:04:17 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: Gaffer
In another comment here I remarked about my particular need of 130 miles round trip and an overnight charge, on a regular 110VAC outlet in any temperature I'd experience on any given work day.

The P85 models should handle that distance being fully charged in winter time Georgia. You would probably have to slow down to 55 or so on extremely cold days. You would want to wire up your garage with 240V 100 amp service to fully charge the battery in 4 hours. 120V 15 amp will take a day to charge. That just the way it goes. It is unlikely you would find yourself stranded in metro Georgia. There are plenty of third party charging stations around if a Tesla Supercharging station isn't available.

77 posted on 01/28/2015 2:04:46 PM PST by EVO X
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To: TexasGator

“The cost to recharge is $0.00! “

Time is money. Where is the accounting of the time it takes to recharge?


78 posted on 01/28/2015 2:06:19 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

“No battery pack...no charging, best of both worlds.”

You don’t get something for nothing; if that gas engine isn’t putting out the torque the electric motor isn’t getting any either.


79 posted on 01/28/2015 2:07:51 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: CodeToad
“For those short commutes that these toys are stated to be designed for, the roads won’t support such speeds or acceleration. So, who cares how fast 0-60 is when they won’t have the opportunity to do it?”

Short commutes? The car in the video has a 285 mile range.

80 posted on 01/28/2015 2:08:19 PM PST by LogicDesigner
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