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One thing a lot of the comments here are missing is that EVs are already very close to matching the performance of ICE supercars. The Tesla Model S Plaid has th
by fy20 5y ago
One thing a lot of the comments here are missing is that EVs are already very close to matching the performance of ICE supercars. The Tesla Model S Plaid has the fastest quarter mile time for a mass production car, and it's not a sports car, it's a family car. Just wait until Ferrari or Lamborghini bring out a real supercar EV. Nobody will want to buy ICE after that...
- js2 5y agoMy first car was a 1968 Camaro SS. I've been to the 12 hours of Sebring a half dozen times. My dad has owned a lot of cars over the years with a lot of different motors. I used to think I'd really miss the sound of an internal combustion engine[1]. Then we got a Chevy Volt which compared to a Tesla is nothing. That smooth, quiet, constant acceleration. It kicks the shit out an ICE. It turns out, I don't miss the sound of an ICE at all[2]. [1] The horrible screech of Wankel engines excluded. [2] I recently switched to an electric mower. I hate my neighbor's ICE mower so much now I may buy him an electric one too. :-)
- jacquesm 5y agoRotaries are something special, it's such an elegant design, pity it never really worked well enough to warrant mass adoption.
- js2 5y agoMy recollection is that besides sounding like a very loud beehive[1], they never held up very well in endurance racing, or on the street for that matter. 1. https://youtu.be/WoA-ujI9HW0 https://youtu.be/WoA-ujI9HW0
- jacquesm 5y agoYes, the geometry of the engine dictates large areas to seal and that problem was never properly solved.