I also imagine that high speed drain the battery much quicker?

huh, 3.2 second 0-60 on the model 3 for $50k

yeah, same goes for gas tanks though

true

because drag is a function of velocity squared

so if you go twice as fast you have to provide 4x as much torque to maintain your speed

*We live in an atmosphere!*

high speed fucks electric vehicles more than ICE for range because of the lack of transmissions

?

how do you mean

ICE is often geared specifically for high speed economy, that's why ford are dumping that 10spd into mustangs

with an ev the motor is always operating at a fixed economy

yeah, but the electric motors don't have a sweet spot the same

because you're turning electric energy more or less directly into kinetic

the resistance at speed impacts economy much more as there's no way of mitigating it

whereas with ICE you have all sorts of weird pressure and heat equations in between that make there be a narrower sweet spot for effeciency

also I've considerable doubts as to the ability of the "roadster" to live up to the performance quotes

although, the teslas have different gearing in the front and back motor, so one is more optimized for high speed cruising

why's that?

because musk likes to make ludicrous statements and then fall short on them

regarding production numbers and delivery times, sure, but the cars generally have been relatively consistent

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/elon-musk-goals/

no, he hasn't

hasn't what

been consistent

that's what I'm saying

wait

you said "he" hasn't

the vast majority of things he says at best suffer huge delays

I said the cars have been

yeah, huge delays

that's what I said

at best

I meant performance specs

there's a ton of stuff that he's fallen short of

"not yet achieved"

yeah

I'm not arguing that

but the cars have generally hit the performance numbers afaik

I don't doubt the 0-60 times, I doubt the top speed and range being achievable before 2023

that are 34 completed goals, we cant even finish one fucking airport in berlin