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Bentley's first EV is terrifyingly fast — 0 to 60 in 1.5 seconds
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| 5-18-22
| Tom Pritchard
Posted on 05/20/2022 7:55:46 AM PDT by nuconvert
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posted on
05/20/2022 7:55:46 AM PDT
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nuconvert
To: nuconvert
How many Gs does one of those things pull? Too many Gs, if I remember correctly, and one blacks-out.
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posted on
05/20/2022 8:00:11 AM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
05/20/2022 8:03:22 AM PDT
by
Pollard
(Don't ask if there's a conspiracy. If you're not in one, you need to start one. CA Fitts)
To: nuconvert
Looks like fun to clean the bugs off the front of.
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posted on
05/20/2022 8:04:41 AM PDT
by
Pollard
(Don't ask if there's a conspiracy. If you're not in one, you need to start one. CA Fitts)
To: nuconvert
What kind of tires do these things have? I remember muscle cars with just hundreds of hp and 0-60 in the 6 second range smoking them up.
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posted on
05/20/2022 8:04:46 AM PDT
by
D Rider
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To: nuconvert
Your ability to rapidly lose control also just accelerated.
To: nuconvert
Your ability to rapidly lose control also just accelerated.
To: nuconvert
To: nuconvert
Those DC motors have, like all DC motors, maximum torque when stalled.
I’m not impressed by 0-60 performance from an EV.
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posted on
05/20/2022 8:06:39 AM PDT
by
cymbeline
To: carriage_hill
We could have Colonel John Paul Stapp tell us, but unfortunately he passed away in 1999.
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posted on
05/20/2022 8:09:23 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Wanting to make America great isn’t an insult unless you’re trying to make it worse! ULTRAMAGA!!)
To: D Rider
Traction is a real problem for cars attempting these fast 0-60 times. Requires perfect pavement, perfect temperatures, perfect tires. On regular streets with Michelin Super Sports my Corvette struggles for traction at times and that is with 460 hp. The Z06 with 650 hp is much harder to get grip with tires slipping even with traction control on.
To: nuconvert
The Concept car:
But from the front it's pretty butt-ugly, IMHO.
To: nuconvert
Yes. And? It is the inherent characteristic of an electric motor to get 100% of it’s torque at zero rpm. A gas engine has to rev. None of this is unexpected for anyone with a smidgen of knowledge about electric motors.
The EV problems remain the same. Short range and long charging times. Bentley has done nothing to ease those problems.
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posted on
05/20/2022 8:11:19 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: BBQToadRibs2
I don’t think one should have his teenager put it in the garage.
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posted on
05/20/2022 8:11:41 AM PDT
by
KC Burke
(If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: nuconvert
If true, it looks like the 2,200-hp Deus Vayanne’s reign was short lived.
At least both can still fry eggs on the motor after a few seconds of acceleration.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Wow! I remember an old film of a guy strapped inside a rocket sled, whose face looked like that, under unbelievable acceleration. No thanks!
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posted on
05/20/2022 8:17:03 AM PDT
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Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: Pollard
Thanks; bookmarking that one.
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posted on
05/20/2022 8:19:32 AM PDT
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Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
05/20/2022 8:20:07 AM PDT
by
mylife
(It looks just like a telefunken U47... (===)
To: nuconvert
Show of hands.
How many times do you get to put the spurs to such a car when you are following a rusty, smoking pickup, with a trailer hauling 6 weed whackers, 4 leaf blowers and two lawn mowers??
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posted on
05/20/2022 8:23:36 AM PDT
by
jonascord
(First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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