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2022 Tesla Model S Plaid First Look: Lord Helmet Approves
Motor Trend ^ | Sept. 23 2020 | Greg Fink

Posted on 12/18/2020 7:59:33 PM PST by xp38

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Mel Brooks should sue, :)
1 posted on 12/18/2020 7:59:33 PM PST by xp38
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0 to 60 in under two seconds. WOW!


2 posted on 12/18/2020 8:03:19 PM PST by edwinland
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So we are supposed to kill off all internal combustion engines and go ultra-green all-electric cars, but put 1,000 horsepower under the hood?

F=MA has not been repealed — those 2 second sprints to 60 still suck up a lot of energy.

If the greens were really green, EVs would have 15 hp motors which is about what it takes to push a streamlined car down the road at 60.

Instead they, like all libs, are huge hypocrites.


3 posted on 12/18/2020 8:05:59 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom ("Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" -- David Horowitz)
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To: edwinland

It’s not mentioned in this article but the Tesla website claims it will do 9 second quarter miles. That’s Dodge Demon territory. Sub 2 second 0 to 60 is also in the realm of F1 cars.


4 posted on 12/18/2020 8:06:54 PM PST by xp38
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Imagine the ozone generation, and the extreme magnetic emf fields created inside


5 posted on 12/18/2020 8:07:37 PM PST by algore
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How many rechargeable AA batteries does this model require?


6 posted on 12/18/2020 8:10:43 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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I was just about to say that I can’t even imagine what that feels like, when I suddenly remembered that on one trip I accelerated even faster than that. I just googled up the specs and found out that I was accelerated from 0 to 150 mph in 3 seconds. Try to guess what the heck I was doing!


7 posted on 12/18/2020 8:23:02 PM PST by edwinland
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To: Deaf Smith

7104 18650 batteries for model s, more for this


8 posted on 12/18/2020 8:24:01 PM PST by algore
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Problem Elon isn’t a lib

Sure we might think he is, and he does say stupid stuff here and there, but honestly, I don’t really know where on the political spectrum he falls, and maybe it isn’t our business. But he certainly is a capitalist that loves to invest in businesses (he started 2 dozen companies already) none of them complete though.....


9 posted on 12/18/2020 8:33:26 PM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: edwinland

Last time I will loan you my Subaru Outback!


10 posted on 12/18/2020 8:37:22 PM PST by Ben Hecks (Don't Google it - Duck it!)
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"Try to guess what the heck I was doing!"

Taking a run on the 1/8th mile strip in Kennedale (Texas y'all)?

What was your 60' time?

11 posted on 12/18/2020 8:37:35 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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Haha! It was a catapult take off from an aircraft carrier in a Grumman C-2 Greyhound. One website says that it accelerates to 150 mph in 3 seconds. Another says that catapulted fighter jets get to 60 in .79 seconds:

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/45880/what-is-the-0-60mph-time-of-an-aircraft-carrier-catapult#:

It was one of the most intense feelings of my life. The most memorable part of it was the fact that the acceleration was (or at least felt) perfectly constant. It did not feel like we were suddenly jerked from a standstill. If felt like a giant began to pull us and pulled firmly but oddly gently for a few seconds and then let us go.


12 posted on 12/18/2020 8:54:44 PM PST by edwinland
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Saw a vid of a sedan being catapulted off a carrier.


13 posted on 12/18/2020 9:03:26 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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To: Deaf Smith

Post it! That would be awesome.


14 posted on 12/18/2020 9:26:27 PM PST by edwinland
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I saw that one, too! Been awhile, though.


15 posted on 12/18/2020 9:52:05 PM PST by W. (And now, more music, and Les Nessman!)
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Tesla will charge $142,690 for the tri-motor model.

For a golf cart? Give me one of these instead:


16 posted on 12/18/2020 10:19:57 PM PST by Dr.Deth
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Being catapulted off of an aircraft carrier in a fighter jet (F-4, F-14, F-18)?


17 posted on 12/18/2020 10:23:19 PM PST by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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Try to guess what the heck I was doing!

Being catapulted off the USS Abraham Lincoln in an F-18?

18 posted on 12/18/2020 10:41:05 PM PST by rlmorel ("I’d rather enjoy a risky freedom than a safe servitude." Robby Dinero, USMC Veteran, Gym Owner)
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To: xp38

Turn on all the lights, heater
full blast, radio cranked, phone
plugged in, heated seats turned
on with -30F outside air temps @
80 mph and get back to me on a
range....


19 posted on 12/18/2020 10:49:56 PM PST by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: xp38


20 posted on 12/18/2020 11:43:56 PM PST by DannyTN
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