Ever driven a Tesla? Although battery powered, that SOB puts out about 700 HP and can snap your neck doing 0-60 in about 3.2 seconds. I am saying this with experience. If I had the cash I would buy one just for fun.
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How many HP does it have with a dead battery, and the electric grid knocked out?
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When they first came out I saw a few. On trailers headed for service. Now I see them everywhere I go. Running. Some long trips too.
Had a Leaf for two years. Wasn’t a Tesla, but stl had amazing acceleration & handling.
I haven’t driven one but I was sitting in the back seat as the driver floored it. That was really something.
I know a well-off ex-surgeon who likes cars. He bought a Tesla after test-driving it on the recommendation of a friend.
So, I asked him, how far can you drive it? He replied, “It gets 200 miles on a charge; but the way I drive it, 85.”
Electric motors have full torque at zero-RPM, which explains the acceleration. Of course, we were talking about a Tesla S, not a Prius. And, the way it came up was that we ran across some poor Tesla owner searching for a high-curent outlet with a bunch of adapters in his hand because his battery was nearly drained.
I know a well-off ex-surgeon who likes cars. He bought a Tesla after test-driving it on the recommendation of a friend.
So, I asked him, how far can you drive it? He replied, “It gets 200 miles on a charge; but the way I drive it, 85.”
Electric motors have full torque at zero-RPM, which explains the acceleration. Of course, we were talking about a Tesla S, not a Prius. And, the way it came up was that we ran across some poor Tesla owner searching for a high-curent outlet with a bunch of adapters in his hand because his battery was nearly drained.