I have no problem believing that the car can deliver an enormous amount of torque to the wheels. When I worked in a pulp and paper plant, one of the big tree movers we had at the plant was a French machine that had on board diesel generators that fed four big electric motors directly imbedded in the wheels. The diesels also ran the hydraulic tree claws that held a buttload of trunks to be moved around the yard. Tremendous torque and controllability, frankly.
My question is how many times can it do it? For how long of a run? And how much time does it take to recharge it once it’s been run through the drain of such an ordeal with a hot battery pack.
People won’t buy the car for speed but the fact it can go startlingly fast demolishes the notion that EV aren’t practical cars to drive.
They definitely are and can deliver more if needed.
Isn’t that whole point in owning a car?
And it wouldn’t be too long before “trickle down” technology will deliver this benefit to EV for the masses.
I have a well-off acquaintance who bought a Tesla S because it was very quick. I asked him about how far he could go on a charge. He said, “They say 200, but the way I drive... 80”.
Well the version shown in the video, the P85D, is rated at 285 miles, but that is for normal driving. You would obviously get a lot less when accelerating like this, just like you would in a gasoline car.
As far as recharging, you can go to a Tesla Supercharger station and get an 80% charge in 30 minutes, or 50% in 20 minutes.
Why can’t they just build a electric motor-driven AWD car with a small turbo-4cyl, one big battery for starting the gas engine, and as an “electric spring” for the drive motors...and use a bunch of large capacitors for acceleration?
No battery pack...no charging, best of both worlds.
I think their using electric motors as a “transmission” as they do in hybrids, is brilliant.