The ‘driver’ of that particular muscle car “can’t”..
Anyone that ever played with RC cars knows what awesome potential electric has for power. Practicality is another issue.
“The ‘driver’ of that particular muscle car “can’t”..
Anyone that ever played with RC cars knows what awesome potential electric has for power. Practicality is another issue.”
Exactly! Anyone with half a brain knows that electric motors are ideal prime movers since they have maximum torque at stall, and they intrinsically more efficient that IC engines. I remember when Jesse James put an electric motor in a 80’s Olds Cutlass and used Milwaukee 28volt tool batteries ( a lot of them) and drag raced it. The sucker was very fast! But here, you have a moron driving the Dodge so it isn’t a valid head to head race. As for practicality, Teslas today make excellent short-range commute cars, but that’s all. There are a lot of Teslas where I live (about fifteen miles from the Tesla plant), and they are used by people with enough money to afford them and short commutes to their offices in the Silicon Valley and in San Francisco. As for overall efficiency, since the electricity comes largely from natural gas-fired generating plants and you have line losses to get the juice to the plug, I doubt that today’s electric cars are more “efficient” than their IC engined counterparts.
Until we get a real breakthrough in energy density and recharge time in the batteries, electric cars are just expensive golf carts.
It was explained that the Tesla has two motors and 4 wheel drive, thus no smoking of the tires...instant and continuous traction from the start.
I still can't believe the Dodge performed so poorly.....
You are right about the electric motors, they produce maximum torque immediately. Combine that with 4 motors and 4WD and it is over before the green light comes on.
4WD (OK, all wheel drive for y’all euros) is absolutely unbeatable. Used to have a TSI AWD Eagle Talon and it was unbelievable how fast it could take off from a standing start, then 12 lbs. turbo boost would hit and it was bye bye to even SS Camaros.