Posted on 08/24/2016 8:56:28 AM PDT by LibWhacker
The company says its new ‘Ludicrous’ P100D will be the ‘fastest car in the world’
Tesla Motors Inc. said it is offering its electric vehicles with a battery capable of going up to 315 miles on a charge, the first time a major auto maker has provided that much electric range in a vehicle.
The company unveiled new versions of its Model S sedan and Model X sport-utility vehicle with 100 kilowatt-hour batteries; previously the largest battery size was 90 kwh. The upgrade—which Tesla executives said was made possible by increasing the energy density of its battery packs—will allow the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company to sell a P100 version of those two vehicles with Tesla’s well-known “Ludicrous Mode.”
The 315-mile range sets a new benchmark for automotive engineers looking to lessen fears about so-called range anxiety, which drivers encounter when traveling longer distances in an electric car. Because electric cars must be plugged into charging ports that aren’t as readily available as gas stations, nor as fast, many car buyers have refused to even consider one.
Tesla’s Model S sedan will get the 315-mile range. The heavier SUV won’t be able to travel as far on a charge.
The P100D sedan will cost $134,500 and the SUV will cost $135,500. The current Tesla line starts at about $66,000 and can go roughly 200 miles on a single charge.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Fire extinguisher not included..............
“You could have saved some time and posted it takes an hour per 52 miles of charge so basically it needs to charge overnight to get that 315 miles then needs another 6 hours to do it again.”
You could have save some posting space by googling how long the Tesla superchargers take.
They can do ‘52’ miles in about 6 minutes and get 90% in about an hour. Additionally, they are free to Tesla owners.
While improving, the travel range numbers need to be improved even more to make electric cars feasible for common use. My not very fuel efficient crew-cab pickup truck gets over 350 miles on a tank of gas (while carrying several passengers and baggage). When it runs empty, I need 5-10 minutes to fuel up and I'm back on the road. An electric car would need much longer time to recharge its batteries to get 250-300 more miles. I also own a minivan which has a much higher fuel range than my truck.
An infrastructure must be created for this. It will be paid for by everyone. Its cost MUST be factored into the cost of running an electric car. The buyer must consider the cost of replacing the batteries.
The unpleasant truth is that there is much more energy available in gasoline, at a lower cost than from electricity.
Electricity must be generated. That costs money. It must be stored in non-renewable batteries.
Bigger battery = bigger fire so carry a few.
I believe but I'm not stupid. I can buy a house for that much....or put a kid through college.
Complimentary fire extinguisher included?
who cares how fast it goes. If it takes me 2 days to drive from NH to DC ... Fagedaboudit.
Plus, $130,000 for a car!!!
Another “rich person’s toy”.
What a pathetic, heavily taxpayer-subsidized joke. $135 K for a car that might catch on fire, that takes a long time to recharge and that shreaks: econut snob.
Between fires?
Only 11.1% by my calculations - hardly an earth-shattering capacity increase...:^)
Are there any links to any drag strip events to depict that type of performance, Hell,,,, your talking AA/FD equivalency.
“The P100D sedan will cost $134,500 and the SUV will cost $135,500”
‘nough said.
The headline.
Tesla Unveils Electric-Car Battery With a 315-Mile Range
The battery can go nowhere unless installed in the Tesla Model S sedan. Without the car, it goes nowhere....zero miles. But the headline seems to indicate that it can. Proper headline:
It's all semantics, you see. But a headline shouldn't be written like that by someone with a poor grasp of English. I'm presuming that person to be John D. Stoll at the WSJ.
My Jeep Rubicon gets about 315 miles on a charge that just takes a matter of a minute or two to administer.
During the recent unpleasantness in Louisiana, I drove it through about 30” of water. Not sure the, “fastest car in the world,” would have been able to keep up with me.
“While improving, the travel range numbers need to be improved even more to make electric cars feasible for common use.”
My ‘common use’ is a few miles a day with occasional one-way trips of about 300 miles.
Mine too but I need the flexibility to make long trips periodically. I cannot afford (well, more accurately, justify) a car dedicated to just commuting.
Here is a map of Tesla supercharger stations where Tesla drivers can 'fill-up' in about an hour for FREE!
"The unpleasant truth is that there is much more energy available in gasoline, at a lower cost than from electricity."
The electricity required for a Tesla per mile is 177 watt-hours or less than 2 cents. At $3.00 a gallon, the car would have to get 150 mpg to be equivalent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PewWDfasfnA for one.
Search YouTube. There’s gobs of “Tesla Ludicrous vs ______” videos.
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