The all-electric NIO EP9 is the fastest production car to ever lap The Ring

[Chet Donnelly]

And Trump is president and the Tesla is the fastest practical car in the world.

 

[sickmint79]

And Trump is president and the Tesla is the fastest practical car in the world.

an unfortunate truth and one that is only true if you caveat it with "in a straight line" and "for 10 seconds"

 

[Chet Donnelly]

an unfortunate truth and one that is only true if you caveat it with "in a straight line" and "for 10 seconds"

You can tote your family around, without using gas, and beat everything in a stop light race, where 99.9999% of the population drives.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

That ^^^

 

[CMNTMXR57]

So it took some digging on our corporate intranet this morning, but it sounds like our chargers will work with a Tesla Model S

It is a 240 volt, 30 amp Blink HQ unit. Will that work?

We have 7 of those in employee parking and 2 in visitor.

 

[Gone_2022]

Yes. All Teslas come with a bag of adaptors to work with standard electric car plugs.

 

[NOMIEZVR4]

that thing sounds like crap...not much different than your standard electric RC car

 

[b4black]

Heat is the biggest drain. I admit that and I usually see about a 10-15 mile drop if i blast it.

A/c I have not seen a dramatic drain or loss.

I'm reading an SAE article now on electric cars and autonomous vehicles. BorgWarner's CTO states "In a Battery Electric Vehicle, you lose 30-50% of the range when you turn on the A/C or heat."

 

[Gone_2022]

I'm reading an SAE article now on electric cars and autonomous vehicles. BorgWarner's CTO states "In a Battery Electric Vehicle, you lose 30-50% of the range when you turn on the A/C or heat."

There a lot of other factors that goes into that. Outside temp, driving style, weather conditions etc

This also goes for an ICE vehicle. You lose range with winter gas. Quite a lot of it.

Heat? I could see a 30% loss sure

A/C? Nope not even close. I will use my daily real world numbers to say that statement is totally and 100% false.


To even the playing field I would lose nearly 100 miles of range in my Cruze in the winter with winter gas and cold weather. So it's not just an electric car thing

 

[sickmint79]

There a lot of other factors that goes into that. Outside temp, driving style, weather conditions etc

This also goes for an ICE vehicle. You lose range with winter gas. Quite a lot of it.

Heat? I could see a 30% loss sure

A/C? Nope not even close. I will use my daily real world numbers to say that statement is totally and 100% false.


To even the playing field I would lose nearly 100 miles of range in my Cruze in the winter with winter gas and cold weather. So it's not just an electric car thing

but it means more frequent charging. and my gas car charges really fast.

 

[Gone_2022]

but it means more frequent charging. and my gas car charges really fast.

In the winter yes. I will agree with you totally.

In the summer I may see a reduction of 2-3 miles with ac?? And that number is hard to tell because it could have been my driving style on that drive that decreased it. Sort of in the margin for error.

I enjoy the fact I can refuel wherever I am. Like Saturday I helped a buddy with his brake job. I plugged into his house as my payment along with lunch.

 

[Gone_2022]

I think people who are skeptical should rent one or try one out for 1 week. I think it would change a lot of people's minds.

Perform your own real world tests and stop reading scare tactic articles or ones like stated above that state you can lose 50% of range with the air on. Rofl

 

[Chet Donnelly]

but it means more frequent charging. and my gas car charges really fast.

Charges really fast while killing off the environment and destroying the future for our children!

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Says the guy with a mustang in his driveway.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Says the guy with a mustang in his driveway.

I think my Mustang gets better mileage than the Lincoln in that picture! LOL!

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Same with the GTO. Of all my vehicles, it's my hypermiler.