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      03-14-2019, 08:07 AM   #47
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Originally Posted by Bowser330 View Post
Yes The ludicrous plus mode requires a battery warm up if the battery isn't already warm from a short drive. On that mode the 4900lb model s does 0-60 in 2.4 sec or less if you calculate using roll out like the car mags do.

No it doesn't severely shrink the range, the youngster who runs the Tesla racing channel on YouTube has many videos of back to back runs on the same charge on the street and track, races are short so it doesn't consume that much power.

Let's not get crazy thinking it's silent like an elevator. There is plenty of sound, road, tires, wind and the whine of the electric motor which to some is enough. Sure there is no exhaust note, which is important and I love a great sounding exhaust like the next car guy but (1) has bmw really been impressing you with their turbo exhaust notes? And (2) if you do like bmws exhaust notes couldn't you just pipe it in with a speaker like bmw does?

As battery tech improves weight will be reduced and the electric sports cars will become even better at the track. Compared to the decades of r&d into the internal combustion engine battery r&d is in its infant stage, there is a lot more exciting things to come.

Back on topic, I think the Tesla and the gtr prove that traction can overcome weight for a solid 0-60. That's what's so exciting about the g80 m3, I'm expecting we'll see sub 3 sec 0-60s from it in short order.
There's more to the experience of an ICE (not specific to BMWs) powered car than wind, road and tire noise, which seem to be the extent of a Tesla's "experience". Do you not like the song associated with climbing RPMs? What about when you're rowing down the gears (by hand!) to slow the car down? You don't get that from the elevator on wheels.

You're right that battery tech is in its respective infancy. I would think gestation hasn't even occurred yet, when you compare it to the video below...I am glad the youngster on YouTube can run his washing machine for a few, short runs in a row. Sort of pales in comparison, eh?

I doubt I will be alive when a battery powered appliance can produce something like this:

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