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This isn’t CGI :-) https://mobile.twitter.com/DavidHodge/status/931391188065705984/video/1 https://mobile.twitter.com/DavidHodge/status/931391188065705...

davidwhodge 9y ago
I took this video. I assure you it is real
- shamaku 9y ago
  No doubt, but sped up at the moment of acceleration.
  - JungleGymSam 9y ago
    Your comment reveals that you don't know what you're talking about. Very fast cars are rare so their rate of acceleration looks strange to someone that's not used to it.
  - ak39 9y ago
    What makes you say this?
    - thechao 9y ago
      The people around the car jerk a bit. Could be camera motion, scared spectators, altered video; I’m not an expert.
      - lawrenceyan 9y ago
        I'm curious as to why you choose to believe that their was a conspiracy to release a sped up video rather than the fact that the car really is just that quick. Cognitive dissonance? Shorting Tesla stock? It's not like you're mentally deficient or anything so there has to be a logical reason in your mind as to why you ended up thinking this. I would be very keen to know what that is.
        thechao 9y ago
        I don't think it's altered video. I'm just describing possible things that people could see in that video, which might lead to that conclusion: 1. an odd camera motion; 2. scared spectators jerking; or, 3. altered video. I do, however, think the people downvoting me have significant reading comprehension problems. However, that's a thing they will have to reflect on, internally, and has no bearing on me.
        zymhan 9y ago
        You started off with a claim that the video was sped up (i.e. _altered_). I'm not sure anyone downvoting you has a problem reading.
        Zalastax 9y ago
        He's not the one that made the claim. Look at the usernames.
        zymhan 9y ago
        oh, whoops
    - somewhatfar 9y ago
      A human is holding the camera and at the beginning of the video has a specific cadence and wobble. The cadence and wobble speeds up. Furthermore, the human's reaction time to keep the car somewhat centered in the frame is unlikely.
  - throwaway77384 9y ago
    prove this :)
  - davidwhodge 9y ago
    nope. Did not speed it up. Straight from photos app on my phone to Twitter
justacat 9y ago
This video freezes right before the excitement, I can tell because the sound keeps going. I blame a very complex conspiracy.
- perbu 9y ago
  Safari doesn't grok the video on my setup. Firefox does.
- syncsynchalt 9y ago
  Had the same issue in Safari, it worked in Chrome though.
Sohcahtoa82 9y ago
God damn....that acceleration is almost cartoon-like. I'm kinda sad about the $200k price tag. I was planning on budgeting $125k for my next car in 2022. Obviously options have yet to be announced, but I'd really like to see a 100 kwh option for a cheaper price. That would give about a 300 mile range which would be plenty for me. Considering they announced 200 kwh as the base though, I'm not exactly holding my breath.
- TimTheTinker 9y ago
  Despair not. The new Roadster will likely have some good competition by 2022.
  - Sohcahtoa82 9y ago
    I hope so. I've been waiting for details on the next Roadster for quite a while now, really on the edge of my seat for the price. My plan was to get a Nissan GT-R in 2021 if the Roadster ended up being too expensive. But since it was announced and too expensive, I'm still on the fence. I don't want to spend $120k on a GT-R and feel disappointed that I settled. I'm thinking I'll just have to save money for a couple years to make a serious down payment. Maybe I'll pick one up used depending on what kind of warranty Tesla will offer on a used one.
    - tempestn 9y ago
      Only problem there is, I expect Tesla won't be making very many of these for at least the first few years, so I doubt they'll depreciate much, if at all, on the used market. Could actually sell at a premium, as you see with other hard to buy supercars.
- stetrain 9y ago
  I think that the 200kwh battery pack is probably important for getting the instantaneous power out of the pack to hit their performance numbers. More battery cells in parallel = more current draw. The range is probably more of a bonus side effect of having enough battery cells to hit the power and acceleration targets.

davidwhodge 9y ago

I took this video. I assure you it is real

shamaku 9y ago
No doubt, but sped up at the moment of acceleration.
- JungleGymSam 9y ago
  Your comment reveals that you don't know what you're talking about. Very fast cars are rare so their rate of acceleration looks strange to someone that's not used to it.
- ak39 9y ago
  What makes you say this?
  - thechao 9y ago
    The people around the car jerk a bit. Could be camera motion, scared spectators, altered video; I’m not an expert.
    - lawrenceyan 9y ago
      I'm curious as to why you choose to believe that their was a conspiracy to release a sped up video rather than the fact that the car really is just that quick. Cognitive dissonance? Shorting Tesla stock? It's not like you're mentally deficient or anything so there has to be a logical reason in your mind as to why you ended up thinking this. I would be very keen to know what that is.
      - thechao 9y ago
        I don't think it's altered video. I'm just describing possible things that people could see in that video, which might lead to that conclusion: 1. an odd camera motion; 2. scared spectators jerking; or, 3. altered video. I do, however, think the people downvoting me have significant reading comprehension problems. However, that's a thing they will have to reflect on, internally, and has no bearing on me.
        zymhan 9y ago
        You started off with a claim that the video was sped up (i.e. _altered_). I'm not sure anyone downvoting you has a problem reading.
        Zalastax 9y ago
        He's not the one that made the claim. Look at the usernames.
        zymhan 9y ago
        oh, whoops
  - somewhatfar 9y ago
    A human is holding the camera and at the beginning of the video has a specific cadence and wobble. The cadence and wobble speeds up. Furthermore, the human's reaction time to keep the car somewhat centered in the frame is unlikely.
- throwaway77384 9y ago
  prove this :)
- davidwhodge 9y ago
  nope. Did not speed it up. Straight from photos app on my phone to Twitter

justacat 9y ago

This video freezes right before the excitement, I can tell because the sound keeps going. I blame a very complex conspiracy.

perbu 9y ago
Safari doesn't grok the video on my setup. Firefox does.
syncsynchalt 9y ago
Had the same issue in Safari, it worked in Chrome though.

Sohcahtoa82 9y ago

God damn....that acceleration is almost cartoon-like. I'm kinda sad about the $200k price tag. I was planning on budgeting $125k for my next car in 2022. Obviously options have yet to be announced, but I'd really like to see a 100 kwh option for a cheaper price. That would give about a 300 mile range which would be plenty for me. Considering they announced 200 kwh as the base though, I'm not exactly holding my breath.

TimTheTinker 9y ago
Despair not. The new Roadster will likely have some good competition by 2022.
- Sohcahtoa82 9y ago
  I hope so. I've been waiting for details on the next Roadster for quite a while now, really on the edge of my seat for the price. My plan was to get a Nissan GT-R in 2021 if the Roadster ended up being too expensive. But since it was announced and too expensive, I'm still on the fence. I don't want to spend $120k on a GT-R and feel disappointed that I settled. I'm thinking I'll just have to save money for a couple years to make a serious down payment. Maybe I'll pick one up used depending on what kind of warranty Tesla will offer on a used one.
  - tempestn 9y ago
    Only problem there is, I expect Tesla won't be making very many of these for at least the first few years, so I doubt they'll depreciate much, if at all, on the used market. Could actually sell at a premium, as you see with other hard to buy supercars.
stetrain 9y ago
I think that the 200kwh battery pack is probably important for getting the instantaneous power out of the pack to hit their performance numbers. More battery cells in parallel = more current draw. The range is probably more of a bonus side effect of having enough battery cells to hit the power and acceleration targets.