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@SlipZtrEm: Regarding battery capacity mentioned in the article. It's in kWh (1000*W*h), not kW/h. The latter unit is a measure of how fast the output of power can change.
Someone needs to tell Elon the world "AutoPilot" doesn't mean what he think it does.
$20,000 for the electric car
$165,000 for the name Porsche
The weird thing is, if Lord Elon's original goal is correct Tesla isn't really designed to compete against anybody or anything - the whole motivation of the company's existence was to kick-start the industry into making electric cars, which it has done.Does this car really ruffle Tesla's feathers that much that they're actually serious about stealing the (warning: more manufacturer-wang swinging) Nurburgring record from Porsche?
The latter is honestly no different from the industry as a whole right now - all improvements in power and fuel economy are really doing are offsetting the fact that cars are getting bigger and heavier. EVs are becoming an extension of that.
Think I've said it elsewhere, but when we look back on this era in half a century's time, I wonder how we'll interpret it? My suspicion is that, on reflection, we'll wonder why on the eve of the private automobile's existence the thing everybody seemed hell-bent on buying were 2-ton breezeblocks that got to 60mph in three seconds.
Elon will insist his engineers chip away at it until they beat Porsche, they'll eventually do it somehow,
Throw more power at it, put it on sticky tyres etc. Doesn't have to be repeatable, reliable or available to satisfy the Tesla nerds, it just needs to set the time so they can claim the Porsche isn't as good as a Model S.I'm not so sure about that.
Next Taycan model; Taycan Turbo S GT3RS T
Why would anyone care a 2-seater roadster beat a 4-door saloon though? They're not really competitors in the market except for being electric.Why doesn't he use the new Roadster to beat the time of the Taycan?
Because he probably won't succeed when using the Model S and I think Musk doesn't want to lose.Why would anyone care a 2-seater roadster beat a 4-door saloon though? They're not really competitors in the market except for being electric.
Possibly, but that would still appear rather sad on Elon's part to use another car the Taycan isn't looking to compete against.Because he probably won't succeed when using the Model S and I think Musk doesn't want to lose.
Nice little blue bird.
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It seems that something is broken because that is all I see.
For a moment I thought it was the new 992.