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I'm a Tesla fan, but in the middle of the article, it says: "The two completed the cross-country drive in 50 hours and 16 minutes, setting a new electric Canno

I'm a Tesla fan, but in the middle of the article, it says: "The two completed the cross-country drive in 50 hours and 16 minutes, setting a new electric Cannonball Run record." That's not quite the same as the headline... It looks like petrol cars have done it in under 27 hours http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/03/ny-la-26-hours-28-minutes-gt-r-powered-dual-control-infiniti-q50/ http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/03/ny-la-26-hours-28-m...

stefanfisk 9y ago
But the title clearly says EV Cannonball Run Record, how is that unclear?
- EwanToo 9y ago
  Hmm, either the title changed after I started writing the comment, or more likely I totally missed EV from it! Sorry if it's the latter..
  - StavrosK 9y ago
    Don't feel bad, I had to read it twice to spot the EV in the title.
- bneumann 9y ago
  So EV's have their very own standards of speed, convenience and usability. And if an EV is ONLY TWICE AS SLOW going across the country than a gasoline car, then that's AMAZING.
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ep103 9y ago
For people who don't follow this, records for the cannonball run are usually always a few years old (people wait to announce hoping the statue of limitations expires, or at least makes it less likely). That said, its unlikely to change too much, most recent records were done in wildly expensive cars (retrofitted with additional gas tanks, radar, police scanners, etc), and usually include aerial support for the entire trip to scan for speedtraps and the like.
- maxxxxx 9y ago
  In short, it's a bunch of reckless rich assholes who have no respect for other people on the road. Go on a proper racetrack and show what you can do there.
  - lfowles 9y ago
    A racetrack would be a completely different test of skill. From what I understand a cannonball run is largely planning and endurance. Edit: Not to discount the idea that it is reckless to do it on public roads...
    - maxxxxx 9y ago
      The main skill of Cannonball is to be more reckless than others and see what you can get away with. I don't want to meet some sleep deprived and probably drugged up "racers" on the road. If they want endurance they can do a 24 hour race. If they want a difficult track they can go to the Nuerburgring in Germany and do the 24 our race there. Or just try it in the wet.
      - ep103 9y ago
        Why doesn't the rest of humanity meet my expectations of what is acceptable?
      - dsfyu404ed 9y ago
        No, the main skill is planning. Whether or not you're endangering other people it's hard to cover lots of miles quickly on roads with other people. Nobody who's serious about a good time is going to be on a crowded road. It's a waste of time. You have to balance your route planning between weather, peak commuter hour, shortest route, fuel stops, speed traps, etc, across a few thousand miles and a few time zones. The biggest risk to "others" is that when traveling much faster light traffic you have little margin for error if someone in that traffic does something dumb.
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masklinn 9y ago
> It looks like petrol cars have done it in under 27 hours With pretty insane modding though. The previous record (in 28:50) was done by "just" adding fuel tanks in the trunk and laser jammers: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/31/us/new-york-los-angeles-cannonball-speed-record/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/31/us/new-york-los-angeles-ca...
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onychomys 9y ago
That record of 26:28 was an April Fool's Day hoax by Alex Roy, intended to publish as silly of an article as possible with the intent of showing that automotive journalists don't fact check enough: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/04/drove-2628-end-automotive-journalism/ http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/04/drove-2628-end-auto...
Theodores 9y ago
There needs to be a real race where everyone sticks to the speed limits with penalty times applied for every second above the speed limit, with proper driver breaks and everything else truckers obey. Simple rule set. Of course journey times would be nearer 50 than 28 hours but there could be other prizes for fuel efficiency, luck at the lights and so on. Also, there is the suitability of the car, I imagine a Tesla would be better than Rolls Royce luxury if you need to be in the thing for 50 hours. Stock cars with speed limits may not sound like fun but it would be accessible. Maybe the 'golf ball run' where you have to take a set of golf clubs across the country to tee off into both oceans in record time could be the notional goal of such an event. It would also give an excuse for some faux golfing style in the fashion department. Incidentally, in 1933 the petrol record was around today's EV time.

stefanfisk 9y ago

But the title clearly says EV Cannonball Run Record, how is that unclear?

EwanToo 9y ago
Hmm, either the title changed after I started writing the comment, or more likely I totally missed EV from it! Sorry if it's the latter..
- StavrosK 9y ago
  Don't feel bad, I had to read it twice to spot the EV in the title.
bneumann 9y ago
So EV's have their very own standards of speed, convenience and usability. And if an EV is ONLY TWICE AS SLOW going across the country than a gasoline car, then that's AMAZING.

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ep103 9y ago

For people who don't follow this, records for the cannonball run are usually always a few years old (people wait to announce hoping the statue of limitations expires, or at least makes it less likely). That said, its unlikely to change too much, most recent records were done in wildly expensive cars (retrofitted with additional gas tanks, radar, police scanners, etc), and usually include aerial support for the entire trip to scan for speedtraps and the like.

maxxxxx 9y ago
In short, it's a bunch of reckless rich assholes who have no respect for other people on the road. Go on a proper racetrack and show what you can do there.
- lfowles 9y ago
  A racetrack would be a completely different test of skill. From what I understand a cannonball run is largely planning and endurance. Edit: Not to discount the idea that it is reckless to do it on public roads...
  - maxxxxx 9y ago
    The main skill of Cannonball is to be more reckless than others and see what you can get away with. I don't want to meet some sleep deprived and probably drugged up "racers" on the road. If they want endurance they can do a 24 hour race. If they want a difficult track they can go to the Nuerburgring in Germany and do the 24 our race there. Or just try it in the wet.
    - ep103 9y ago
      Why doesn't the rest of humanity meet my expectations of what is acceptable?
    - dsfyu404ed 9y ago
      No, the main skill is planning. Whether or not you're endangering other people it's hard to cover lots of miles quickly on roads with other people. Nobody who's serious about a good time is going to be on a crowded road. It's a waste of time. You have to balance your route planning between weather, peak commuter hour, shortest route, fuel stops, speed traps, etc, across a few thousand miles and a few time zones. The biggest risk to "others" is that when traveling much faster light traffic you have little margin for error if someone in that traffic does something dumb.
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masklinn 9y ago

> It looks like petrol cars have done it in under 27 hours With pretty insane modding though. The previous record (in 28:50) was done by "just" adding fuel tanks in the trunk and laser jammers: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/31/us/new-york-los-angeles-cannonball-speed-record/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/31/us/new-york-los-angeles-ca...

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onychomys 9y ago

That record of 26:28 was an April Fool's Day hoax by Alex Roy, intended to publish as silly of an article as possible with the intent of showing that automotive journalists don't fact check enough: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/04/drove-2628-end-automotive-journalism/ http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2015/04/drove-2628-end-auto...

Theodores 9y ago

There needs to be a real race where everyone sticks to the speed limits with penalty times applied for every second above the speed limit, with proper driver breaks and everything else truckers obey. Simple rule set. Of course journey times would be nearer 50 than 28 hours but there could be other prizes for fuel efficiency, luck at the lights and so on. Also, there is the suitability of the car, I imagine a Tesla would be better than Rolls Royce luxury if you need to be in the thing for 50 hours. Stock cars with speed limits may not sound like fun but it would be accessible. Maybe the 'golf ball run' where you have to take a set of golf clubs across the country to tee off into both oceans in record time could be the notional goal of such an event. It would also give an excuse for some faux golfing style in the fashion department. Incidentally, in 1933 the petrol record was around today's EV time.