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

idk about the range

but why not the top speed?

because producing that speed isn't easy for any automotive company, let alone one that treats the car industry like the tech industry

why not, when they have stupid amounts of power at their disposal?

plenty of car companies are able to do so, they just frequently opt to not

instead focusing on track performance where ludicrous top speed doesn't do you as good as low end acceleration and cornering

there are like 4 supercars confirmed to do 250+

you realize that right

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