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Well, the speed and power of the car will depend on the gearing. The Model S only has one gear so while it has tons of power and torque from 0, it tapers off qu

• cryptoz 11y ago
  I expect Tesla to work on improving this in future models. Elon has stated that he wants to prove that electric cars can be better in every possible way than gas cars. And largely, the Model S accomplishes that goal. What performance the Model S doesn't deliver compared to other cars will probably be fixed asap.
• rconti 11y ago
  ... but not in a way that limits its usefulness as a street car. As mentioned, refilling time is the bigger drawback as a street car. On the road, acceleration over 100mph is not really all that important. On the track, it's crucial. Tesla dumped the multi-speed gearbox because it was a hard problem to solve, for one, but I think that was inside of the parameters of it not being that important. If it needed a multi-speed gearbox to make it go over 60mph, they would have made it work.
• jaggederest 11y ago
  Torque does taper off, but power does not. It rises smoothly to peak power at ~80-90% of max RPM, then declines modestly.