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As a practical matter, the most powerful Porsches and Teslas are both going to be hitting the traction control pretty constantly during hard acceleration from a
by justin66 8y ago
As a practical matter, the most powerful Porsches and Teslas are both going to be hitting the traction control pretty constantly during hard acceleration from a stop. Their performance changes on racing slicks, I'm sure. A gt2 RS on racing slicks recently did less than ten seconds for the quarter mile with some minimal modifications at a drag strip. (Which is a crazy use for that car, but still)
It's a measure of how amazing the Tesla's performance is that you need something with race car-like specs to compete. On the other hand, that only holds true for about the first quarter mile. It's not going to keep pulling hard until 200mph. The roadster will, perhaps, someday.
- anth_anm 8y agoFor acceleration. That's 1 part of driving, it's just the part Tesla chosen to highlight because it's where electric cars have an advantage. They are also heavier and tend to overheat if pushed. Even in a 1/4 mile the Tesla is somewhere in the 10-11 second range. That's insanely fast, but it's not reaching the levels of purpose built drag racers or even some production cars.
- justin66 8y ago> That's 1 part of driving, it's just the part Tesla chosen to highlight because it's where electric cars have an advantage. It's also the part everyone driving on a public road notices and appreciates. There's a reason zero to sixty and quarter mile numbers have always been so widely quoted.
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