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Aren't there stock electric cars now that do quarter mile under 10 seconds? When battery weight gets cut in half next decade and capacity doubles, the only rea
by ck2 2y ago
Aren't there stock electric cars now that do quarter mile under 10 seconds?
When battery weight gets cut in half next decade and capacity doubles, the only reason why they will race ICE engines is for the noise
- mikestew 2y agoOur Hyundai grocery-getter does a 1/4 in 13s, the "N" go-fast version does it in 11s. And those are Hyundais with full-sized, heavy-ass batteries, and abysmal stock tires. Porsche Taycan GT (with a full-sized, heavy-ass battery) turns 1/4 in 9.3s. Now cut those heavy batteries in half because you're not driving from SF to LA, and I could see that Porsche turning 8s if you could get the power to the ground (IOW, launch control and much better tires than stock).
- SideburnsOfDoom 2y agoIf you want to get into electric small-batch performance cars, BYD has you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangwang_U9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangwang_U9
- fanatic2pope 2y agoAFAIK the fastest "production" EV is the McMurtry "Spéirling" that does a quarter mile in under 8 seconds. Watching it set the record for goodwood is mind blowing, because it looks like the video is being played in fast forward, but it isn't. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JYp9eGC3Cc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JYp9eGC3Cc Although you can in theory buy one, it uses down force fans so I don't know if it would even be street legal in most places. Personally, I find car like this to be way more interesting than drag racers.
- josefresco 2y agoI don't believe there's anything even remotely competitive in the electric world to Top Fuel dragsters. You could also make the same argument about F1 vs E1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Fuel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Fuel > Top Fuel is a type of drag racing whose dragsters are the quickest accelerating racing cars in the world and the fastest sanctioned category of drag racing, with the fastest competitors reaching speeds of 338.94 miles per hour (545.5 km/h) and finishing the 1,000 foot (304.8 m) runs in 3.641 seconds.
- jonfw 2y agoI don't know if you understand just how much of a difference there is between a 4.5 second car and a 7.5 second car- it is orders of magnitude. Even with half weight and double capacity- the worlds fastest EV will get walked by a fast gasoline street car