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Your second point misses an important fact: the Tesla Model S Plaid set a 7:25 Nurburgring lap time, and the Porsche Taycan did it in 7:07. Both of these lap ti
by jamescmartinez 2y ago
Your second point misses an important fact: the Tesla Model S Plaid set a 7:25 Nurburgring lap time, and the Porsche Taycan did it in 7:07. Both of these lap times are faster than many high-performance ICE cars, and close to GT2/3 times which are just below 7:00.
As you might expect, the technology will continue to evolve, too.
- _DeadFred_ 2y agoThis person is explicitly ignoring that EVs use tire and braking configurations that maximize efficiency over performance in order to make their point. It's like saying ICE cars are inherently bad at performance because of Ferdinand Porsche's VW Beetle design choices or because my 3000lb vehicle (lighter than a modern Porsche) Jeep XJ isn't a sports car ICE vehicles can't be performance vehicles.
- tempestn 2y agoTrue, but you do still feel the weight. Even with good tires, they give up time around the corners and make it back with insane acceleration. That's why you generally see hybrids for the most extreme hypercars, at least over the past decade or two. They have most of the advantage of electric without the weight penalty. (I own and track both ICE and electric cars and find both have advantages and disadvantages.)
- soco 2y agoTo keep the comparisons honest, I honestly couldn't care less about the performances of Taycan. That's not what I drive and that's not what everybody on my roads drive. Yeah maybe I see one hypercar a week but I definitely won't keep that as the bar for driving behaviour. So maybe we should compare between (pick your specific models) Dacia and Toyota?