[xp38]

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.

[edwinland]

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!

[Amberdawn]

A quarter horse can do it in 20 seconds for a whole lot less.

[Svartalfiar]

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.

Perfectly plausible, electric engines are much better than gas/diesel in direct performance. Much better torque, reaction time, and energy transfer. Acceleration is pretty much instantaneous, as there is almost no lag time between pedal and fuel pump/injection/firing/speeding up. It's just pedal -> more rpms.

The issues with electric vehicles are mostly in other areas like refuel time / ease, cost, weight/volume of energy storage, environmental impact of those batteries, and other stuff. The only kinda issue with electric engines and speed/acceleration is that high speeds mean high rpms on the moving parts. I don't really know why they don't put a transmission on any electric vic, as that should increase your range, if you can operate at low power for high speeds...?